Cerrillos River (

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

: Río Cerrillos) is a river in the municipality of

Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce ( , , ) is a city and a Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692Some publ ...

. Río Cerrillos has its origin in barrio

Anón Anón (''Barrio Anón'') is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Marueño, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limon, Real (Ponce), Real, and San Patricio (Ponce), San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Ca ...

and runs south until it feeds into

Bucaná River Bucaná River () is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Río Bucaná has its origin in barrio Machuelo Arriba where it forms at an altitude of . It forms from the confluence of Río Cerrillos and Río Bayagán. It is also fed ...

. Río Cerrillos is commonly known by the locals as Maragüez River, because most of its course runs through

Barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, comm ...

Maragüez Maragüez (''Barrio Maragüez'') is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Magueyes, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Magueyes, Tibes, Portugués (Ponce), Portugués, Montes Llanos, Machuelo Arriba, Sabanetas, Ponce, Pue ...

. This river is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality. The river has a discharge of 24,000 cubic feet per second, making it the second most affluent river in the municipality after

Río Jacaguas Río Jacaguas is a river shared between the municipalities of Ponce and Juana Díaz in Puerto Rico. It flows from north to south, draining into the Caribbean Sea east of the city of Ponce. One of the 14 rivers in the municipality of Ponce, i ...

Course

From its origin about 1 kilometer south of the intersection of PR-139 and

PR-143 Puerto Rico Highway 143 (PR-143) is a secondary highway that connects the town of Adjuntas to the town of Barranquitas. This roads extends from PR-123 to PR-162 along the Cordillera Central. Route description Heading east from Adjuntas, PR-1 ...

, Río Cerrillos runs south for 1.8 kilometers where it is fed by Río Prieto west of PR-139. From this point on, Rio Cerrillos runs parallel to PR-139 for 2 kilometers in barrio Anón before reaching barrio

. Continuing on its southernly course for about 1.2 kilometers, Río Cerrillos is fed by

Río San Patricio San Patricio River (Spanish: Río San Patricio) is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is part of the Bucaná River river system via Cerrillos River. San Patricio is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality. Origin San P ...

. Five kilometers further downstream Río Cerrillos forms

Lake Cerrillos Lake Cerrillos (Spanish: Lago Cerrillos) is a human-made lake located in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The lake was finished in 1992 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The main purposes of the reservoir are flood control, water supp ...

, as a result of its dam. Flowing out of the Cerrillos dam, Río Cerrillos runs south for 1 kilometer until it enters barrios

Machuelo Arriba Machuelo Arriba is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with the barrios of Magueyes, Tibes, Portugués Rural, Portugués, Montes Llanos, Maragüez, and Cerrillos (Ponce), Cerrillos, Machuelo Arriba is one of t ...

and barrio Cerrillos, being the boundary between the two barrios. The river continues its southern course parallel to PR-139 for 5 kilometers until it reaches PR-5139. In another kilometer downstream it is fed by Quebrada Ausubo, and another kilometer further south it is fed by Río Bayagán. At this point it feeds into

Río Bucaná Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream". Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to: Places United States * Rio, Fl ...

where it terminates.Maptest.
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 18 November 2011. The following table summarizes the course of Río Cerrillos in terms of roads crossed. Roads are listed as the river flows from its origin in the mountains of

Barrio Anón ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish word that means " quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, architectur ...

, north of the city of Ponce, to its merging with Río Bayagán in

Barrio Machuelo Arriba Machuelo Arriba is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with the barrios of Magueyes, Tibes, Portugués Rural, Portugués, Montes Llanos, Maragüez, and Cerrillos (Ponce), Cerrillos, Machuelo Arriba is one of t ...

to form

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Cerrillos Lake and Dam

Cerrillos is the feeder river for Lake Cerrillos Dam in Barrio Maragüez, in the municipality of Ponce. The lake is an artificial reservoir holding 47,900 acre-feet (59,100,000 m3) of water. The dam that made the lake possible was completed in 1992. The lake is surrounded by the

Cerrillos State Forest Cerrillos State Forest is one of the 21 state forests in Puerto Rico. It is located in barrio Maragüez, in the municipality of Ponce, and covers of valleys and mountains in the foothills of the Cordillera Central mountain range. The forest ha ...

north of the dam. The area immediately south of the dam is a park, the Luis A. Wito Morales Park.

References

External links

* USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
Rivers of Puerto Rico

USGS Maps of Municipality of Ponce Rivers, showing Rio Cerrillos and others
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cerrillos, Rio Rivers of Puerto Rico Rivers of Ponce, Puerto Rico

Course

Cerrillos Lake and Dam

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