Cuba, New Mexico
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Cuba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87013. It stands on Arroyo San Jose. The Survey maps it on the Cuba quadrangle. 628 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,906 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1909 USGS Gallina quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Cuba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Cuba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Cuba quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
- 2002 USGS Cuba quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Cuba between 1992 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 90 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | ALAMEDA |
| 5 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | LA JARA-2 |
| 29 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Albuquerque District Office | HWY 44 |
| 28 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | JUNCTION |
| 24 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | HERRERA |
| 21 September 1995 | Natural | 10 acres | Santa Fe National Forest | LUCERO |
| 20 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | COUNTY ROAD 13 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Cuba: 16 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Uranium, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Bros | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Eureka Mesa Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Morningstar Prospect | Gold, Copper | Prospect | 1961 | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Nacimiento Copper Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1859, 1971 | |
| Nacimiento Mountains District | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1850, 1880, 1974 | |
| Bluebird Claim | Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Chalcocite | Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Cliff | Copper, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Copper City | Copper, Uranium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuba in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 10 hail, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Flash Flood | Cuba | $20,000 | Several apartments were flooded after mud and debris clogged a small arroyo and water overflowed into nearby buildings. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Cuba | - | A cooperative observer near Fenton Lake State Park in the Jemez Mountains observed penny size hail from a strong thunderstorm. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Cuba | - | A trained spotter near Cuba reported flash flooding due to heavy rainfall. Extent of damages are unknown. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Cuba | - | A COOP observer near Cuba reported heavy rain that resulted in flash flooding in the area with drainages overflowing along with inundation across fields. No damages are known. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Cuba | - | Multiple observers in Cuba reported nickel to quarter size hail from a severe thunderstorm. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Cuba | - | Nickel size hail accumulated around 1 inch deep at Wolf Canyon. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Cuba | - | COOP observer reported up to quarter size hail fell along with over half an inch of rain. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Cuba | - | COOP observer reported pea to penny sized hail along with heavy rains. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Cuba | - | Hail covered NM 197 three to six inches deep. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Cuba | - | An unusually strong storm was reported near mile markers 36 and 40 on Highway 550 between Cuba and San Ysidro. |
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Cuba | - | Heavy rain flooded Arroyo Chijuilla and closed Highway 197 southwest of Cuba to near the Johnson Trading Post. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Cuba | - | Deputies reported a rare tornado over the open mesa west of Cuba. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Cuba | - | no account filed |
| October 2008 | Hail | Cuba | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Placita | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Garrison | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lagunitas | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Copper City (historical) | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Señorito | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| La Jara | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Deer Lake | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| San Pablo | 5.9 miles | 19 |
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 Q751244 | 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 915817. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.








