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Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge

The Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge (MVNWR) is a protected wildlife refuge administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located in the Warm Springs Natural Area in the Moapa Valley of Clark County, Nevada. The refuge is east of Death Valley and 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by Stan Shebs, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons.
DesignationNational Wildlife Refuge
Managed byU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
StateNevada
Size136 acres
FWS regionRegion 8
Center point36.71° N, 114.72° W
Night skyVery dark ground, a faint glow at most (Black Marble reading 32)

Boundary map

1 outline

Boundary, simplified to about 0.005 degrees

The outline is the agency boundary simplified for display, so small parcels and inholdings may not show. The agency page has the authoritative map.

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge40°50°60°70°80°90°100°January: 0.69 inches of precipitationFebruary: 0.91 inches of precipitationMarch: 0.81 inches of precipitationApril: 0.31 inches of precipitationMay: 0.14 inches of precipitationJune: 0.05 inches of precipitationJuly: 0.38 inches of precipitationAugust: 0.44 inches of precipitationSeptember: 0.26 inches of precipitationOctober: 0.48 inches of precipitationNovember: 0.47 inches of precipitationDecember: 0.64 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 47.7°F averageFebruary: 52.2°F averageMarch: 59.7°F averageApril: 66.7°F averageMay: 76.2°F averageJune: 85.8°F averageJuly: 92.0°F averageAugust: 90.4°F averageSeptember: 82.6°F averageOctober: 69.1°F averageNovember: 55.4°F averageDecember: 46.4°F average0 in0.5 in1 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Overton, 18 miles from the center point at 1,250 feet, station USC00265846 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 6 inches a year.

Large units span more than one climate. The station stands in for the center point, and the outer parts of the boundary can be warmer or colder.

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Reference

Questions people ask

How big is Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge?

136 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What state is Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge in?
How do I get to Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 36.711° N, 114.715° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Sources

  • Boundary, name: the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge boundary layer.
  • States and territories: computed by intersecting the boundary with Census state polygons and coarse outlines of the territories and outlying islands. A place is listed when it holds at least one percent of the area. A boundary that touches no outline is listed under the nearest one.
  • Acreage: geodesic area of the published polygon. The agency’s official acreage can differ where the boundary includes water, easements or inholdings.
  • Photograph: the image Wikidata records for this refuge (Q6886445), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Description: Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. The article was accepted because its title contains this unit’s name.
  • Campgrounds: the Campsite Atlas index of federal campgrounds, matched to this boundary at build time.
  • Night sky: NASA Black Marble (VIIRS, 2016 composite) sampled at zoom 6 around the center point.
  • Weather, alerts, air quality, river flow and earthquakes load live in your browser from NWS, AirNow, USGS and iNaturalist when you open the page.