Tucalota 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
• 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
• elevation	1,093 ft (333 m)
Length	21 mi (34 km)

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),[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

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tucalota Creek
2. [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]
3. "Murrieta Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.