Argus is an unincorporated community in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northwestern San Bernardino County, California. Argus is 17 miles (27 km) east-northeast of Ridgecrest.

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Argus
Unincorporated community
Argus Location in California
Coordinates: 35°44′50″N 117°23′43″W[1]
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Bernardino
Elevation [1]	1,650 ft (503 m)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
Area codes	442/760
FIPS code	06-02616
GNIS feature ID	238695

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. Plant was shut down due to increasing emissions regulations withing the state of california.[2][3][4] Plant shutdown caused the population of Argus to decrease

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

• Populated places in the Mojave Desert

References

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