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Duells Corner, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Orchard Park town. It lies in ZIP code area 14127. The Survey maps it on the Colden quadrangle.

Duells Corner within Erie County

Then and now

1925 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Duells Corner, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Duells Corner, surveyed 1925

Compare 1925 against another survey:

On record in Duells Corner

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

245 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Duells Corner between 2000 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 29 were 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/undetermined155
Natural37
Arson/incendiarism29
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
7 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Duells Corner: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bloating Material. 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
Mauls PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
West FallsBloating MaterialPast ProducerSedimentary
Boston Valley Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Boston Valley Clay PitClayPast Producer
Olivieri PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Orchard Park PitClayProducer
West Falls Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duells Corner in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 lightning. 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
October 2018LightningDuells Corner$200,000A lightning strike caused a fire that resulted in approximately $200,000 in damage to a home at 35 Lakeridge Drive in Orchard Park.

Every storm recorded in Erie 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
Ellicott1.2 miles16
Orchard Park1.4 miles21
Webster Corners2.4 miles21
Websters Corners2.5 miles21
Armor2.7 miles18
Loveland2.8 miles16
Windom3.4 miles25
Deonundaga (historical)3.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948764. 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.