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.
Then and now
1925 to 1984The 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.


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.
Johnson-Jolls Complexlisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Stationlisted 2007 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1925 USGS Springville quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Colden quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
245 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 155 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauls Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| West Falls | Bloating Material | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Boston Valley Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Boston Valley Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Olivieri Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Orchard Park Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| West Falls Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Lightning | Duells Corner | $200,000 | A lightning strike caused a fire that resulted in approximately $200,000 in damage to a home at 35 Lakeridge Drive in Orchard Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellicott | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Orchard Park | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Webster Corners | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Websters Corners | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Armor | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Loveland | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Windom | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Deonundaga (historical) | 3.7 miles | 25 |
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.






