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.
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.