Tucalota Creek is a stream or arroyo in Riverside County, Southern California. It is a tributary of Santa Gertrudis Creek.
| Tucalota Creek[1] | |
|---|---|
 Tucalota Creek in East Murrieta | |
  Location of the mouth within California | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Riverside County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Red Mountain, Rawson Mountains, Black Mountain, Bachelor Mountain, Tucalota Hills |
| • coordinates | 33°37′9.09″N 116°50′56.08″W / 33.6191917°N 116.8489111°W |
| • elevation | 1,093 ft (333 m) |
| Mouth | confluence with Santa Gertrudis Creek, tributary of Murrieta Creek |
• coordinates | 33°32′33.10″N 117°8′33.11″W / 33.5425278°N 117.1425306°W |
• elevation | 1,093 ft (333 m) |
| Length | 21 mi (34 km) |
Geography
editThe source of Tucalota Creek is located near Red Mountain in Hemet, California. Tucalota Creek drains the Rawson Mountains (south of Diamond and Domenigoni Valleys),[2] 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.[3]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tucalota Creek
- ^ [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]
- ^ "Murrieta Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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