Cuba City, Wisconsin
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Cuba City City. It lies in ZIP code area 53807. The Survey maps it on the Cuba City quadrangle. 2,138 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1902 USGS Mineral Point quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Cuba City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cuba City between 2018 and 2020, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 191476 |
| 26 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 202013 |
| 26 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20064 |
| 18 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 202011 |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201808 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 138 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 138 workings within 5 miles of Cuba City: 73 unknowns, 62 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raisbeck Mine | Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead | Unknown | Barite | |
| Byrnes Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1927, 1928 | |
| Hird No.1 Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1913, 1915 | |
| New Calvert Mine | Zinc, Lead | Prospect | 1917 | |
| Big Patch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| George Wendtlandt Inc Deiter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Johns Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mauthe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Badger Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Beloit-Elmo | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1908, 1909 |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuba City in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba City | $50,000 | A wind gust of 68 mph occurred in Cuba City. The roof of a private school was blown off by the winds. |
| September 2000 | Hail | Cuba City | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Cuba City | $7,500 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba City | $4,000 | Large trees were blown down and tin was ripped off a shed near Cuba City. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba City | $4,000 | Tree was blow down on a car on south Jefferson Street. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba City | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba City | - | A wind gust of 60 miles per hour was reported in Cuba City. |
| July 2018 | Flood | Cuba City | - | Heavy rains caused some street flooding to occur in Cuba City. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Cuba City | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Cuba City. |
| August 2010 | Flood | Cuba City | - | Street flooding was reported after heavy rains in Cuba City. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Cuba City | - | In two hours, 3.69 inches of rain fell 2 miles northwest of Cuba City. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Cuba City | - | A tornado touched down briefly in an open field. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Cuba City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cuba City | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Cuba City | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Cuba City | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cuba City | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba City | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Rose | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Elmo | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Georgetown | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bigpatch | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hazel Green | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Jamestown | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Louisburg | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Prairie Corners | 7.3 miles | 17 |
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 City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1569875 | 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 1563606. 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.






