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Cuba, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sedalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42066. The Survey maps it on the Cuba quadrangle. It stands 518 feet above sea level.

Cuba within Graves County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

Fires near this place

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Cuba between 1999 and 2015, burning about 88 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
6 September 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOSS DIRT
15 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryKNOB CREE
12 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
2 April 2002Recreation and ceremony47 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
10 April 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryNO WATER O

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Graves County

Storms near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuba in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
March 2017Tornado (EF2)Cuba$170,000This tornado began near the community of Cuba and lifted after tracking about 1.5 miles. Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph. A single-family residence was destroyed. Much of the roof and upper portions of the house were removed. The roof was blown off a church. Several headstones in a cemetery were blown up to 30 feet. A number of barns were blown down. A machine shed was blown from its foundation. At least a dozen trees were uprooted. Dozens of others sustained broken limbs or trunks.
May 2021Tornado (EF1)Cuba$165,000Several farm buildings, including a large shop, lost parts or all of their roofs, with several smaller structures destroyed. At least a couple of homes had mainly minor damage to roofs or siding. Dozens of large trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado travelled right along Highway 94 from southwest of Cuba to the Lynnville area. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindCuba$50,000An outbuilding was destroyed. Debris from the wood-frame shed was carried across the street into a field. Farm equipment inside the shed was damaged. Power and phone lines were blown down.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCuba$20,000Some trees were blown down on houses.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCuba$5,000Trees were uprooted, and large branches were broken. This tree damage immediately preceded the EF-2 tornado that began in the Cuba community.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCuba$2,000A tree fell onto a house.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCuba$1,000A tree 8 inches in diameter was blocking Highway 94.
May 2025HailCuba-Quarter inch hail was measured south of Sedalia. The report was submitted via mPING.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCuba-A trained spotter estimated a gust to 60 MPH.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindCuba-Ten to 15 trees were blown down. Some fell across county roads.
March 2017HailCuba-no account filed
May 1995HailCuba-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Graves 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
Lynnville3.6 miles9
Sedalia4.1 miles12
Stubblefield4.5 miles11
Vealsburg4.9 miles9
Tri City5.2 miles9
Payne5.5 miles11
Pilot Oak5.6 miles9
Cooksville5.9 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CubaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5191932The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 490449. 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.