Argus, California
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{One source|date=April 2021}}
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|subdivision_name2 = San Bernardino
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|elevation_footnotes = {{Cite GNIS|238695|Argus|access-date=May 11, 2015}}
|elevation_ft = 1650
|elevation_m = 503
|timezone = Pacific Time Zone
|utc_offset = −8
|timezone_DST = PDT
|utc_offset_DST = −7
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|area_code = 442/760
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Argus is an unincorporated community in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northwestern San Bernardino County, California. Argus is {{convert|17|mi|km}} east-northeast of Ridgecrest.
Argus Cogeneration Plant
Argus was home to the last coal fired circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustion plant in the state of California, which produced 96 megawatts of power. The plant was shut down due to changing emissions regulations in the state of California.{{Cite web |last=Venturi |title=Trona ACE, State's Last Coal Fired Electric Plant, Being Decommissioned {{!}} SBCSentinel |url=https://sbcsentinel.com/2015/03/trona-ace-states-last-coal-fired-electric-plant-being-decommisioned/ |access-date=2022-09-12 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Tracking Progress - California's Declining Reliance on Coal |url=https://www.energy.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2019-12/declining_reliance_coal_ada.pdf |website=California energy Commission}}{{Cite web |title=Argus Cogeneration Expansion (ACE) - Petition to terminate 20180619 |url=https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/GetDocument.aspx?tn=223852&DocumentContentId=54063 |website=California energy Commission}}
Searles Valley census-designated place
Argus and the communities of Pioneer Point, Trona, and Searles Valley (community) make up the Searles Valley census-designated place.
See also
- {{C|Populated places in the Mojave Desert}}
References
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{{San Bernardino County, California}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in San Bernardino County, California
Category:Populated places in the Mojave Desert
Category:Unincorporated communities in California
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