Warm Springs Creek is a
stream
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or
arroyo
Arroyo often refers to:
* Arroyo (creek), an intermittently dry creek
Arroyo may also refer to:
People
* Arroyo (surname)
Places United States
;California
* Arroyo Burro Beach, a public beach park in Santa Barbara County, California
* Arroyo ...
, and a
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
of
Murrieta Creek
Murrieta Creek runs southeasterly through southwestern Riverside County, California, United States, through the cities of Wildomar, Murrieta, and Temecula, ending southeast of the city center of Temecula, where it has its confluence with Temecul ...
, in
Riverside County, Southern
California
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.
Geography
The source of Warm Springs Creek was formerly at an altitude of in Diamond Valley, but is now under
Diamond Valley Lake at . The source is now at an altitude of in Domenigoni Valley, west of Diamond Valley Lake and its
West Dam.
Warm Springs Creek descends southwest through Domenigoni Valley for , past the site of the former mining settlement of
Leon
Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to:
Places
Europe
* León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León
* Province of León, Spain
* Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...
, and runs near the intersection of Leon Road and Scott Road. There, at , it descends into a canyon running south-southwest, passing east of the Murrieta
Hogbacks, where an unnamed arroyo that drains
French Valley to the northeast joins Warm Springs Creek. It continues past the community of
Murrieta Hot Springs
Murrieta Hot Springs is a neighborhood in the eastern region of Murrieta, California, which was annexed on July 1, 2002. Prior to annexation, Murrieta Hot Springs was a Census-designated place of Riverside County, California. The population was 2 ...
(a former
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
that is now part of the city of
Murrieta
Murrieta is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States. The population of Murrieta was 110,949 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Murrieta experienced a 133.7% population increase between 2000 and 2010, ma ...
) on its east bank, running under Murrieta Hot Springs Road. After it passes under
Interstate 15, it reaches its confluence with Murrieta Creek in southwestern Murrieta, within the
Temecula Valley
The Temecula Valley is a graben rift valley in western Riverside County, California.
The Temecula Valley is one of the graben valleys making up the Elsinore Trough, created by the Elsinore Fault Zone. It lies between the Wildomar Fault on the ea ...
, at an elevation of .
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See also
*Plains of Leon
The Plains of Leon are named for the former gold mining town, Leon once located near the middle of the plain. It is a plain in the Perris Block, contiguous on the south with the Perris Plain including within it the Domenigoni Valley and western ...
References
Warm Springs Creek
Warm Springs Creek
Rivers of Southern California
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