Morrell Potrero is a

flat Flat or flats may refer to: Architecture * Flat (housing), an apartment in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and other Commonwealth countries Arts and entertainment * Flat (music), a symbol () which denotes a lower pitch * Flat (soldier), ...

located in the

Cleveland National Forest Cleveland National Forest encompasses 460,000 acres (), mostly of chaparral, with a few riparian areas. A warm dry mediterranean climate prevails over the forest. It is the southernmost U.S. National Forest of California. It is administered by th ...

Riverside County, California Riverside County is a County (United States), county located in the southern California, southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most ...

. It has an elevation of approximately in the

Elsinore Mountains The Elsinore Mountains are a ridge of mountains within the larger range of the Santa Ana Mountains, in the Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, California, United States. the tallest peaks within the range is the unofficially named San Mateo ...

northwest of

Elsinore Peak Elsinore Peak is a named summit, at the southern end of the mountain ridge running southeast from the vicinity east of El Cariso in the Elsinore Mountains, in Riverside County, California in the United States The United States of Americ ...

. It is drained by

Morrell Canyon Creek Morrell Canyon Creek is a stream or Arroyo, tributary to San Juan Creek, located in the Cleveland National Forest in Riverside County, California, at an elevation of , in the Elsinore Mountains northeast of Elsinore Peak. It arises on the eastern ...

, a tributary of

San Juan Creek San Juan Creek, also called the San Juan River, is a long stream in Orange and Riverside Counties, draining a watershed of .7.5 Minute Quadrangle Map, U.S. Geological Survey, San Juan Capistrano, 1968, photorevised 1981 Its mainstem begins in ...

.Morrell Potrero, California, USGS Map Name: Wildomar, CA
''Topoquest''. Retrieved on April 24, 2013]

History

Originally the site of the Morrell Ranch, the Morrell Potrero is now the site of

Rancho Capistrano Rancho Capistrano, is a private, gated community surrounded by the Cleveland National Forest, in Riverside County, California, Riverside County, California. It is located within the Morrell Potrero, in the Elsinore Mountains, northwest of Elsin ...

, a private,

gated community A gated community (or walled community) is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences ...

surrounded by the Cleveland National Forest. Rancho Capistrano Owners Association homepage
Retrieved May 4, 2013.

References

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