Morrell Canyon Creek Explained

Morrell Canyon Creek
Name Other:Morrell Canyon
Map:Sanjuancreekmap.png
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:California
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Riverside County
Length:6.5miles
Discharge1 Location:head of San Juan Creek and San Juan Canyon, at the confluence of Morrell Canyon Creek with Bear Canyon Creek, Santa Ana Mountains
Source1:northeastern slope of San Mateo Peak, Elsinore Mountains
Source1 Coordinates:33.6136°N -117.3717°W
Source1 Elevation:3080feet
Mouth:head of San Juan Creek and San Juan Canyon, at the confluence of Morrell Canyon Creek with Bear Canyon Creek, Santa Ana Mountains
Mouth Coordinates:33.6131°N -117.4353°W
Mouth Elevation:1690feet
Tributaries Left:East Fork, Morrell Canyon Creek, Decker Canyon Creek, Long Canyon Creek
Tributaries Right:Bear Canyon Creek

Morrell Canyon Creek is a stream or Arroyo, tributary to San Juan Creek, located in the Cleveland National Forest in Riverside County, California, at an elevation of 3080feet, in the Elsinore Mountains northeast of Elsinore Peak. It arises on the eastern slope of San Mateo Peak.[1] An eastern fork draining the Morrell Potrero joins it a little over a mile north of its source and then flows northwestward about a third of a mile where it turns southeast descending the narrow Morrell Canyon east of Lion Spring. After descending 2.5 miles it turns north for half a mile then returns to a southwestern direction for another mile, the canyon widening here until it turns northwestward and down a steep canyon again for half a mile where it takes in from the right Decker Canyon Creek and Long Canyon Creek. It then turns southwestward again into a wider canyon and descends to its confluence with Bear Canyon Creek and becomes the head of San Juan Creek.[2]

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  1. http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=33.61364&lon=-117.37184&datum=nad83&zoom=4&map=auto&coord=dms&mode=zoomin&size=m USGS Map Name: Wildomar, CA, Map Center: N33° 36' 49" W117° 22' 18" from topoquest.com accessed on 5/3/20
  2. http://www.topoquest.com/place-detail.php?id=246219 Morrell Canyon, California, USGS Map Name: Sitton Peak, CA, Map Center: N33° 36' 47" W117° 26' 7" from topoquest.com accessed on 5/3/2013