Salto Arriba
Geography
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 km).
History
Salto Arriba was in Spain's gazetteers 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.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 855 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,076 | 25.8% | |
| 1920 | 1,248 | 16.0% | |
| 1930 | 1,579 | 26.5% | |
| 1940 | 1,775 | 12.4% | |
| 1950 | 813 | −54.2% | |
| 1960 | 366 | −55.0% | |
| 1970 | 391 | 6.8% | |
| 1980 | 435 | 11.3% | |
| 1990 | 368 | −15.4% | |
| 2000 | 442 | 20.1% | |
| 2010 | 617 | 39.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 | |||
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.
