The city lies between the relatively open "prairie" lands to the north and the comparatively rugged upper Meramec valley to the south. An artificial reservoir, Indian Lake, is located about a mile to the northwest. Cuba has a total area of 3.20 square miles, and an average elevation of 1,001 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> | The city lies between the relatively open "prairie" lands to the north and the comparatively rugged upper Meramec valley to the south. An artificial reservoir, Indian Lake, is located about a mile to the northwest. Cuba has a total area of 3.20 square miles, and an average elevation of 1,001 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> |