Tucalota Creek Explained

Tucalota Creek
Map Size:265
Pushpin Map:California
Pushpin Map Size:265
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth within California
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:California
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Riverside County
Length:21miles
Source1:Red Mountain, Rawson Mountains, Black Mountain, Bachelor Mountain, Tucalota Hills
Source1 Coordinates:33.6192°N -116.8489°W
Source1 Elevation:1093feet
Mouth:confluence with Santa Gertrudis Creek, tributary of Murrieta Creek
Mouth Coordinates:33.5425°N -117.1425°W
Mouth Elevation:1093feet

Tucalota Creek is a stream or arroyo in Riverside County, Southern California. It is a tributary of Santa Gertrudis Creek.

Geography

The source of Tucalota Creek is located near Red Mountain in Hemet, California. Tucalota Creek drains the Rawson Mountains (south of Diamond and Domenigoni Valleys),[1] Black Mountain, the western slopes of Red Mountain, the Magee Hills, the Tucalota Hills and Bachelor Mountain into Lake Skinner then to Santa Gertrudis Creek, a tributary of Murrieta Creek.

References

Notes and References

  1. Greg T. Cranham, editor, Water for Southern California: Water Resources Development at the Close of the Century, San Diego Geological Soc, Dec 1, 1999 - pp. 43-44, 44 fig. 2 Project Features Map, 47-49, 47 fig. 2