Río Inabón

{{Infobox river

| name = Río Inabón

| image = Rio Inabon along PR-511 in Barrio Real in Ponce (IMG 3406).jpg

| image_size = 200px

| image_caption = Rio Inabon in Barrio Real in Ponce, Puerto Rico

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of mouth

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| source1_location = Cerro Camacho, Barrio Anón, Ponce (near Jayuya)

| source1_coordinates = {{Coord|17.9688559|-66.5582270|region:US-PR_type:river_source:gnis|display=inline,title|notes={{Gnis|1612538|Río Inabón}}}}

| mouth_location = Caribbean Sea

| progression = Anón
Real
Coto Laurel
Capitanejo/Vayas

| subdivision_type1 = Commonwealth

| subdivision_name1 = Puerto Rico

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Ponce

| length = {{convert|19.89|mi|km|sp=us}}[http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/13-LOS%20RIOS%20T..pdf Los Rios.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401205148/http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/13-LOS%20RIOS%20T..pdf |date=1 April 2012 }} Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. February 2007: P013. Page 3. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

| source1_elevation = {{convert|4100|ft|m|sp=us}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|ft|m|sp=us}}

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|15,000|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}Ferdinand Quiñones and Karl G. Johnson. The Floods of May 17–18, 1985 and October 6–7, 1985 in Puerto Rico. U.S. Geological Survey. Open File Report 87-123. Prepared in Conjunction with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, and the Puerto Rico Highway Authority. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987. Page 15.

| basin_size = {{convert|38.18|mi2|km2|abbr=on}}[http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/13-LOS%20RIOS%20T..pdf Los Rios.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401205148/http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/13-LOS%20RIOS%20T..pdf |date=1 April 2012 }} Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. February 2007: P013. Page 3. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

| river_system = Río Inabón

| tributaries_left = Río Anón

| tributaries_right = Río Guayo
Quebrada Emajagua

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Río Inabón is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. With a length of some {{convert|32.01|km|mi|sp=us}}, it is Ponce's second longest river after Río Jacaguas. It is fed by the Río Anón, Río Guayo (which itself is fed by the Chiquita Brook and the Indalecia Brook) and the Emajagua Brook.[http://www.salonhogar.com/est_soc/pr/pueblos/ponce/index.htm Salon Hogar.com-Ponce, Hidrografia] It is also fed by Río Bacas and Río de las Raices.[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poncepr/ponce1831.html Ponce en 1831.] Sylvia Zavala Trias. In, "Antepasados Esclavos". Retrieved 11 October 2011. Originating at an altitude of approximately {{convert|4100|ft|m|sp=us}},[http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/maptest Maptest.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218155723/http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/maptest |date=18 February 2010 }} Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 25 November 2011. it forms at a higher altitude than any of the other 13 rivers in the municipality, and at one of the highest points of any river in Puerto Rico. With a watershed area covering 38.18 square miles, Río Inabón also has the second largest basin area of any of the municipality's 14 rivers after Río Jacaguas.

Origin and course

Río Inabón has its origin at {{convert|4100|ft|m|sp=us}} above sea level in Cerro Camacho, in barrio Anón, near Anón's boundary with the municipality of Jayuya.[http://www.pucpr.edu/facultad/fsuarez/285/asignacion1/Ponce%20Puerto%20Rico.pdf Ponce.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614012943/http://www.pucpr.edu/facultad/fsuarez/285/asignacion1/Ponce%20Puerto%20Rico.pdf |date=14 June 2011 }} Jorge A. Figueroa Irizarry, Director. Ponce History Museum. Released by Professor F. Suarez. Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. Page 25.[http://www.fundacioncarlos.org/riosdepuertoricop.html Rios de Puerto Rico: Rio Inabon.]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://www.visitaponce.com/recursos.aspx Ponce Ciudad Señorial: Recursos Naturales.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717215253/http://www.visitaponce.com/recursos.aspx |date=17 July 2011 }} Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Retrieved 21 November 2011. The river runs mostly parallel to PR-511.[http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3923:viven-para-contarlo-salvan-de-rio-embravecido-a-un-nino-de-juana-diaz&catid=81:locales&Itemid=198 Salvan a un niño de río embravecido.] Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 9 May 2012. Year 30. Issue 1484. Page 4. Retrieved 9 May 2012.

Uses

"A provision in The Treaty of Paris of 1898 grants the Serrallés family exclusive rights to the Río Inabón. This river winds through Puerto Rico’s volcanic mountains, and is the exclusive water source for DonQ Rum".[http://donq.com/about/heritage/ DonQ's Historical Timeline: Our Rum Journey. DonQ Heritage. Destileria Serralles, Don Q website.] Today Río Inabón is one of the most popular rivers for swimming in southern Puerto Rico.[http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=348:carmen-cila-rodriguez-&catid=119:articulos&Itemid=342 Refrescante paseo por los ríos de la zona Sur.] Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 15 July 2009. Page 26. Retrieved 2 November 2011. Some 10 private reservoirs in the Ponce area are fed by the waters of Río Inabón.[http://www.gobierno.pr/NR/rdonlyres/5B71F1F9-B0CB-4C2C-B814-BBAFEBA3FFDA/0/Vol3001AFlorayFaunaPags128.pdf Informe Ecologico de Flora y Fauna, Proyecto Gasoducto del Sur: Peñuelas, Ponce, Juana Díaz, Santa Isabel, Salinas. For: Proyecto Gasoducto del Sur - Peñuelas, Ponce, Juana Díaz, Santa Isabel, Salinas. By: ENSR (Piscataway, NJ) - AEE (Autoridad de Energia Electrica). Page 19. Retrieved 26 November 2013.]

Environmental contamination

In January 2011, Puerto Rico Representative Víctor Vassallo Anadón presented a bill into the Puerto Rico House of Representatives that would improve the sewer system of residents near the river to avoid contaminating it with sewer waters.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120312213329/http://www.elsuralavista.com/periodico/?p=32139 Vassallo radica nueva resolución para atender daño ambiental a Rio Inabón.]}} 11 January 2011. El sur a la vista. Ponce Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

Endangered species

The fern Thelypteris inabonensis found at the headwaters of Río Inabón and at the Toro Negro State Forest has been identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an endangered species.[http://www.fws.gov/caribbean/es/pdf/map.pdf Caribbean Endangered Species Map.] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Page "Ponce (2-2)." Retrieved 18 August 2013.

Flow

The flow of water in the river is controlled by the floodgates at Toa Vaca Lake, located in the municipality of Villalba.[http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2982:desalojan-residentes-en-sureste-de-ponce&catid=135:actualidad-del-sur&Itemid=423 Desalojan residentes al Sureste de Ponce.] La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011. Río Inabon has a discharge of 15,000 ft³/s.Ferdinand Quiñones and Karl G. Johnson. The Floods of May 17–18, 1985 and October 6–7, 1985 in Puerto Rico. U.S. Geological Survey. Open File Report 87-123. Prepared in Conjunction with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, and the Puerto Rico Highway Authority. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987. Page 15. The Inabón has been known to overflow easily in times of heavy rains.[http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3014:heroes-en-medio-de-la-tempestad-lideran-dramatico-rescate-tras-el-paso-de-irene&catid=81:locales&Itemid=198 Lideran dramático rescate en el Inabón.] Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 5 October 2011. Several rescues have taken place when the river has increased its level rapidly, a phenomenon known as flash flood.[http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3923:viven-para-contarlo-salvan-de-rio-embravecido-a-un-nino-de-juana-diaz&catid=81:locales&Itemid=198 Salvan a un niño de río embravecido.] Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 9 May 2012. Year 30. Issue 1484. Page 4. Retrieved 9 May 2012. Due to its proximity to the eastern end of Aeropuerto Mercedita, the river has affected the operation of the airport in times of heavy rains. This was the case with the hurricane Maria in September 2017.[http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3075:provocan-remanentes-de-maria-activacion-de-emergencia-en-la-region&catid=81:locales&Itemid=198 Trastoca al sur remanente de María.] Reinaldo Millán and Jason Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

File:Bridge over Inabón River, on the road between Ponce and Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico (1920) - photograph - page 158.jpg|Bridge over Río Inabón on PR-1 between Ponce and Santa Isabel in 1920.

=Course of the river=

The following table summarizes the course of Río Inabón in terms of roads crossed{{ref|a|[note a]}}. Roads are listed as the river flows from its origin in the mountains of Barrio Anón, north of the city of Ponce, to the Caribbean Sea in the south (N/A = Data not available):

class="wikitable sortable" !No.	Barrio	Road	Road's km marker	NBI ID[https://bridgereports.com/pr/ponce/ National Bridge Inventory Data: Puerto Rico, Ponce.] James Baughn. BridgeReports.com 2018. Accessed 25 November 2018.	Bridge name (if any)	Direction (of bridge traffic)	Coordinates	Notes
1	Anón	Unnamed	not marked	23401	Unnamed	Both	{{coord\|18\|7\|55.8114\|N\|66\|34\|47.244\|W\|type:landmark}}	0.1 km East of PR-511, km 12.7, on Unnamed Road*
2	Anón	PR-511	12.5*	27031	Unnamed	Both	{{coord\|18\|7\|28.524\|N\|66\|34\|41.484\|W\|type:landmark}}	0.3 km North of Calle Guarayo
3	Anón	Unnamed	not marked	29441	Unnamed	Both	{{coord\|18\|7\|20.1\|N\|66\|34\|39.54\|W\|type:landmark}}	0.1 km West of PR-511, km 12.7, on Unnamed Road (0.1 km north of Calle Guayaro)*
4	Anón	PR-511	11.7*	29421	Unnamed	Both	{{coord\|18\|7\|15.1674\|N\|66\|34\|18.2994\|W\|type:landmark}}	0.1 km South of Camino Rosaly. (From this point southward, Río Inabón runs on the west side of PR-511)
5	Real	Calle Sector Jurutungo	not marked	29431	Unnamed	Both	{{coord\|18\|5\|52.3674\|N\|66\|33\|48.8514\|W\|type:landmark}}	At Charca Puente del Agua, 0.1 km West of PR-511, km 12.65, on Camino Sector Jurutungo; 0.3 km North of Capilla Catolica San Martin*
6	Coto Laurel	PR-14	9.8	22041	Unnamed	Both	{{coord\|18\|3\|0.4314\|N\|66\|32\|41.4594\|W\|type:landmark}}	0.5 km NE of Barrio Coto Laurel; 0.1 km west of INT PR-14 & PR-511.
7	Sabana Llana	PR-52	94.3	N/A	Unnamed	Southbound	{{coord\|18\|2\|23.136\|N\|66\|32\|15.072\|W\|type:landmark}}	PR-52 SB in Municipality of Juana Diaz
8	Sabana Llana	PR-52	94.3	N/A	Unnamed	Northbound	{{coord\|18\|2\|22.416\|N\|66\|32\|14.64\|W\|type:landmark}}	PR-52 NB in Municipality of Juana Diaz
9	Sabana Llana	C. Ramal/Av. San Cristobal	N/A	25141	Unnamed	Both	{{coord\|18\|2\|19.9314\|N\|66\|32\|14.172\|W\|type:landmark}}	Calle Ramal (Calle Laredo) is accessible via Ave. San Cristobal located behind Hospital San Cristobal; Bridge is parallel to the PR-52 km 94.3, bridges
10	Capitanejo, Vayas	PR-1	120.4	251	Unnamed	Both	{{coord\|18\|0\|14.796\|N\|66\|33\|12.132\|W\|type:landmark}}	0.1 km west of PR-507, Ponce, immediately east of Aeropuerto Mercedita (6.5 km E of Ponce). Bridge has Ponce's Barrio Vayas to its west and Juana Diaz's Barrio Capitanejo to its east.
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Notes

:1.{{note|a}}Google Maps incorrectly labels some of the northern portions of Río Inabón as Río Anón. This is most evident in portions just below where Rio Anón feeds into Rio Inabón. See HereWeGo Maps [https://wego.here.com/?map=18.13451,-66.57897,16,normal] and MapQuest [https://www.mapquest.com/latlng/18.001667,-66.606667?zoom=12&maptype=map] for labeling consistent with Government of Puerto Rico and USGS labeling.

References

External links

[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ USGS Geographic Names Information Service]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pyw16a4Pg8 YouTube video of Rio Inabon at Km 6.7 of PR-511 on 16 October 2010.]

Category:Rivers of Puerto Rico

Category:Rivers of Ponce, Puerto Rico

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