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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1952 USGS Cuba quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Mayfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1977 USGS Cuba quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional 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 ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOSS DIRT |
| 15 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | KNOB CREE |
| 12 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 47 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NO WATER O |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Cuba | $170,000 | This 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 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Cuba | $165,000 | Several 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $50,000 | An 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $20,000 | Some trees were blown down on houses. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $5,000 | Trees were uprooted, and large branches were broken. This tree damage immediately preceded the EF-2 tornado that began in the Cuba community. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $2,000 | A tree fell onto a house. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $1,000 | A tree 8 inches in diameter was blocking Highway 94. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cuba | - | Quarter inch hail was measured south of Sedalia. The report was submitted via mPING. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | A trained spotter estimated a gust to 60 MPH. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | Ten to 15 trees were blown down. Some fell across county roads. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Cuba | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Cuba | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynnville | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sedalia | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Stubblefield | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Vealsburg | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Tri City | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Payne | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pilot Oak | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cooksville | 5.9 miles | 9 |
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 Cuba | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5191932 | The 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.




