Wolf Valley Explained

Wolf Valley is a graben rift valley in the Elsinore Trough, in western Riverside County, California.

Overview

Wolf Valley is the southernmost of the graben valleys making up the Elsinore Trough, created by the Elsinore Fault Zone. It lies between the Wildomar Fault on the east, at the foot of the Temecula Basin and the Willard Fault on the west, at the foot of the Santa Ana Mountains. Wolf Valley lies south of Temecula Creek. The southern end of the graben valley is where the Elsinore Fault Zone changes the direction of strike along the southern side of Agua Tibia Mountain, northeast of Pala Mountain.^[1]

The valley is drained by Pechanga Creek and its tributaries, itself a tributary of the Santa Margarita River.^{[2] [3]}

The Pechanga Indian Reservation and part of the city of Temecula are located in this valley.

• Head of Wolf Valley 33.4439°N -117.0628°W
• Mouth of Wolf Valley 33.4739°N -117.1175°W

References

33.45°N -123°W

Notes and References

1. http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/hazards/qfaults Treiman, J., compiler, 1998, Fault number 126d, Elsinore fault zone, Temecula section, in Quaternary fault and fold database of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey website, Treiman, J., compiler, 1998, Fault number 126d, Elsinore fault zone, Temecula section, in Quaternary fault and fold database of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey website, Name comments, General:
2. Rene Engel, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE ELSINORE QUADRANGLE CALIFORNIA, CAIIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 146, DIVISION OF MINES, SAN FRANCISCO, 1959, pp. 14, 55-51.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=4EpSB8I6ruQC&pg=PA50 Robert A. Larson, James E. Slosson editors, Storm-Induced Geologic Hazards: Case Histories from the 1992-1993 Winter in Southern California and Arizona, Volume 11, Geological Society of America, January 1, 1997, p.50, Fig. 1