Salto Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Utuado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 617.[3][4][5]

Salto Arriba
Barrio
Salto Arriba
Salto Arriba
Location of Salto Arriba within the municipality of Utuado shown in red
Location of Salto Arriba within the municipality of Utuado shown in red
Salto Arriba is located in Caribbean
Salto Arriba
Salto Arriba
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°16′06″N 66°43′45″W / 18.268378°N 66.72926°W / 18.268378; -66.72926[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Utuado
Area
 • Total1.59 sq mi (4.1 km2)
 • Land1.59 sq mi (4.1 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation702 ft (214 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total617
 • Density388.1/sq mi (149.8/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Codes
00641, 00611
Area code787/939

Geography

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Salto Arriba is situated at an elevation of 702 feet (214 m) in central Utuado, just west of Utuado pueblo in Puerto Rico. It has an area of 1.59 square miles (4.1 km2).[1]

History

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Salto Arriba was in Spain's gazetteers[6] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Salto Arriba barrio was 855.[7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900855
19101,07625.8%
19201,24816.0%
19301,57926.5%
19401,77512.4%
1950813−54.2%
1960366−55.0%
19703916.8%
198043511.3%
1990368−15.4%
200044220.1%
201061739.6%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9]
1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

There is a bridge over the Río Grande on PR-123 in Salto Arriba that is prone to collapse with heavy rains. A temporary bridge washed away with flooding from Hurricane Fiona on September 18, 2022. It was a temporary structure which had been built after Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017 washed away the original bridge.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salto Arriba barrio
  3. ^ Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
  4. ^ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. ^ "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. ^ Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 161.
  8. ^ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  9. ^ "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  10. ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  11. ^ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  12. ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  13. ^ "Colapsa puente en Utuado por crecida del río". WAPA.tv (in Spanish). September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2022.