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Cuba, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Grandview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76050. The Survey maps it on the Cleburne East quadrangle. It stands 837 feet above sea level.

Cuba within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

26 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Cuba between 2006 and 2011, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
30 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 1200 FIRE
29 September 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePECAN VALLEY FIRE
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 425A FIRE
4 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 4 FIRE
25 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2135 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cuba: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rayburn Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuba in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCuba$50,000Emergency management reported scattered tree damage and a large pavilion collapsed near Quail Park Lane. A NWS Storm Survey indicated 75 mph straight-line winds caused the damage in this area.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCuba$1,000A social media report indicated multiple trees snapped or blown down near the city of Cleburne.
October 2015Flash FloodCuba$1,000The entrance to Hwy 67 at CR 801 was impassible due to high water.
September 2009Flash FloodCuba-Highway 67 in Keene had water over the road.

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Sand Flat1.2 miles17
Antioch3.8 miles15
Parker4.9 miles17
Oak Hill5.5 miles17
Grandview5.6 miles15
Keene6.4 miles16
Cleburne6.6 miles16
Alvarado7.1 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q127308567The 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 1378192. 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.