Morrell Potrero is a flat located in the

Cleveland National Forest Cleveland National Forest is a National forest (United States), U.S. national forest in Southern California that encompasses 460,000 acres/ of inland Montane ecosystems, montane regions. It is approximately 60 miles from the Pacific Ocean, withi ...

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, its 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 Mate ...

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, a tributary of

San Juan Creek San Juan Creek, also called the San Juan River, is a stream in Orange County, California, Orange and Riverside County, California, Riverside Counties, draining a watershed of .7.5 Minute Quadrangle Map, U.S. Geological Survey, San Juan Capistr ...

.Morrell Potrero, California, USGS Map Name: Wildomar, CA
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History

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