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A very small portion of northeastern Lake Elsinore in the Canyon Hills subdivision [citation needed] is located in the Menifee Union School District for grades K-8, and Perris Union High School District for grades 9–12. Another portion of Lake Elsinore is in the Perris Elementary School District and the Perris UHSD for grades 7-12. [62]
Lake Elsinore is the largest natural freshwater lake in Southern California.With its own 750-mi 2 (1,900-km 2) watershed, it is situated at the lowest point within the San Jacinto River watershed of 750 sq mi (1,900 km 2) [clarification needed], at the terminus of the San Jacinto River.
Route 74 between San Juan Capistrano and Lake Elsinore, due to its narrow width and high traffic volume, is known as one of the most dangerous highways in the state. [ 12 ] California's legislature has relinquished state control of segments of SR 74 in Perris and Palm Desert, and turned it over to local control.
Hemet was named by the land development company that founded the town, The Lake Hemet Land Company. The company drew its name from Hemet Valley, now called Garner Valley, located in the San Jacinto Mountains. Initially, the company referred to the area as South San Jacinto, but changed the name to Hemet when the land company filed a plat map on ...
Hemet Dam was built in 1895 to supply water to the city of Hemet. Downstream of the dam, the South Fork joins the North Fork east of the town of Valle Vista near Highway 74, and the main stem of the San Jacinto River continues northwest until it discharges into Mystic Lake, a couple of miles east of Lake Perris.
The San Jacinto reservoir is an artificial lake used as a basin for the San Diego Aqueduct, a branch of the Colorado River Aqueduct, west of town. Since local geological records have been kept, the city has been struck by two large earthquakes, one on Christmas Day in 1899, and the other on April 21, 1918 .
East Hemet is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States, located east of Hemet. East Hemet is in an unincorporated area outside the city limits of Hemet. The population was 17,418 at the 2010 census, up from 14,823 at the 2000 census.
Elsinore Valley looking south from hills of North Elsinore. Elsinore Valley is a graben rift valley in western Riverside County, California, a part of the Elsinore Trough.The Elsinore Valley is a graben between the Santa Ana Block to the southwest and the Perris Block on the northeast.