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Cuba, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Putman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61427. The Survey maps it on the Lewistown quadrangle.

Cuba within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

5,196 words on this township

History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Putman Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The first grist-mill was built by Jacob Ellis on Big creek, upon sec. 35, in 1824. This was the first mill in Fulton county. Mr. Ellis also had a cotton-gin here. Much of this article was cultivated in this countv at an earlv dav. The first marria";e was solemnized Feb. 20, 1825, the contracting parties being Asel T. Bali and Miss Rebecca Ellis. Seth Hilton was the first Justice of the Peace. He subsequently moved into Liverpool tOM'nship and became one of its first settlers. The first school Avas taught bv Wm. Putiuan in a small log cabin on sec. 11. The first church was built at Ceuterville (now Cuba) in 1840, by a congregation of the Christian Church. It passed out of their hands and is now owned by the ^lethodist people.

Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.

This town is situated upon the northwest quarter of section 20, and is one of the oldest towns of the county. It is very pleasantly situated in the midst of a fine agricultural district, and is one of the leading places of the county at which coal is mined. Large quantities of coal are shipped from Cuba, and the mines situated northwest of the village are quite extensive. A small railway track is laid from the mines to the depot of the T., P. & W. Ry., a distance of over a mile. Coal is hauled in small cars by horses to the depot.

Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.

Cuba is a good business point and contains several good stores, churches, school-houses, and many pleasant residences. In 1834 Ephraim Brown laid out a little town upon the northwest quarter of sec. 20 which he christened Middletown. Two years afterwards (Nov. 16, 1836) Joel Solomon, D. W. Vittum, Samuel Brooks and T. B. Coggswell, platted another town upon this section and gave it the name of Centerville. Two towns upon one quarter-section was too much, so they were consolidated and named Cuba. Cuba is on the line of the Toledo, Peoria ct Warsaw Ry., and about an equal distance from Canton and Lewistown. It is also on the line oi the Fulton Countv Narrow-Gaug-e Rv., which runs from Fairview to Havana. Grading is now (fall of 1879) progressing finely upon this line.

Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Putman Township - it names this place 16 more 16 times.

Fires near this place

6 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Cuba between 2018 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-032
4 April 2020Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-009
4 April 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources20-011
13 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-0025
23 March 2019Debris and open burning10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-020
19 March 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources19-018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuba in 39 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 21 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCuba$90,000Three houses were damaged by falling trees on the west side of Cuba. A tree was blown down onto a boat. Damage was also reported to several barns and outbuildings 2 miles west of Cuba.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindCuba$35,000Two power poles were knocked down, a tree fell on a house, and a camper was blown over in Cuba.
September 2008Flash FloodCuba$35,000A road near Lake Wee-Ma-Tuk was washed away.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCuba$25,000Numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Cuba.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCuba$20,000Several trees and power poles were blown down in Cuba.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCuba$12,000A large portion of a tree broke off and fell onto a vehicle in Cuba.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCuba$12,000Power lines were blown down between Cuba and Canton.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCuba$10,000Several 6 to 10-inch diameter branches were blown down across Route 97 south of Cuba.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindCuba$10,000Power lines were blown down in Cuba.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCuba$4,000Two large trees were blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCuba$3,000A large pine tree was blown down onto a deck.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindCuba$50Large tree limbs were blown down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCuba-Numerous tree limbs blown down north of Cuba.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCuba-The wind gust was estimated by a trained spotter.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCuba-A one-foot diameter tree was blown down on the east side of Cuba.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCuba-A 6-inch diameter tree was snapped.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCuba-Numerous 8 to 10-inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCuba-Several 6 to 10-inch diameter trees were blown over in wet soil conditions.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCuba-Several 6 to 10-inch diameter trees were blown over in wet soil conditions.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCuba-A 10-inch diameter tree limb was blown down.
December 2008Flash FloodCuba-Rapid rises were reported along Put Creek, causing flooding near County Road 2 and along Highway 97.
May 2004Flash FloodCuba-Several roads between Cuba and Lewistown were flooded due to heavy rains.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCuba-Numerous large tree limbs and several trees were blown down in an area from Cuba to five miles northeast of Cuba.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCuba-Several trees and power lines were blown down.
May 1995Tornado (F0)Cuba-A tornado briefly touched down in a field 2 W of Cuba. No damage or injuries were reported.
April 2023HailCuba-no account filed
April 2023HailCuba-no account filed
April 2023HailCuba-no account filed
May 2019HailCuba-no account filed
April 2017HailCuba-no account filed
August 2016HailCuba-no account filed
June 2013HailCuba-no account filed
April 2013HailCuba-no account filed
April 2013HailCuba-no account filed
April 2011HailCuba-no account filed
July 2008HailCuba-no account filed
July 2008HailCuba-no account filed
May 2004HailCuba-no account filed
May 2003HailCuba-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fulton Center (historical)3.8 miles17
Depler Springs4.1 miles19
Fiatt4.7 miles16
Civer (historical)4.9 miles17
Smithfield5.5 miles18
Bryant5.6 miles19
Buckeye6.0 miles17
Blyton6.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 424177. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.