Lytle Creek,

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, is an approximately U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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in southwestern

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near the city of

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. It is a tributary of Warm Creek, a tributary of the

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. The Mormon settlers of

named the stream "Lytle Creek" after their leader, Captain Andrew Lytle. The

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village of Wa’aachnga was located along Lytle Creek.

Lytle Creek Watershed

Lytle Creek flows through the eastern

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and has three forks, the North, Middle and South forks. The source of the creek is at the confluence of the North Fork and Middle Fork Lytle Creek, just west of the town of

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. South Fork Lytle Creek joins Lytle Creek soon afterward on the right . As the creek emerges from the mountains, about where Glen Helen Parkway crosses the creek , the Lytle Creek Wash begins . At the lower end of the wash , there is the old Lower Lytle Creek channel, that has been artificially canalized which splits off to the east, while an additional artificial diversion channel, the smaller Lytle Creek Channel , continues southeastward to rejoin the waters of Lytle Creek in the reach of Warm Creek near its mouth at Knoll Park . The lower creek has its conjunction with the artificial channel of Warm Creek, 1 mile before Warm Creek joins the Santa Ana River. Below this conjunction, the Lytle Creek Channel merges with the Warm Creek channel at Knoll Park just before it joins the river . Several moderate-to-large-sized cities (

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, Colton, and

-the largest) are built on the ancient alluvial fan sediments left behind by Lytle Creek. *Lytle Creek ** -- mouth of Lytle Creek Wash, head of artificial channels, confluence with the

** Cajon Wash ***

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*** Lone Pine Creek *** Crowder Creek ** -- head of Lytle Creek Wash, mouth of the upper reach of Lytle Creek ** Grapevine Canyon Creek ** Meyer Canyon Creek ** -- Miller Narrows ** South Fork Lytle Creek *** Bonita Creek ** Middle Fork Lytle Creek ** North Fork Lytle Creek *** Coldwater Canyon Creek *** Paiute Canyon *** Dog Bone Canyon

Hydroelectric Power

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has a 600-kW

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plant on the stream at Miller Narrows at an elevation of 2795 feet. It is a run-of-the-river plant. A diversion

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sends the water through a

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, which is returned to the streambed further downstream.SCE also has three plants on Mill Creek, another Santa Ana River tributary, and two plants on the Santa Ana River itself.

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External links

* {{Authority control Rivers of San Bernardino County, California San Gabriel Mountains Tributaries of the Santa Ana River Rivers of Southern California