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Au Sable Forks, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 12912. It stands on East Branch Ausable River. The Survey maps it on the Au Sable Forks quadrangle.

Au Sable Forks within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Au Sable Forks, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Au Sable Forks, surveyed 1895

On record in Au Sable Forks

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 24 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

138 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Au Sable Forks between 2002 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined63
Arson/incendiarism33
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning9
Smoking6
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Au Sable Forks: 22 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Graphite. 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
Pyradey Estate DepositsTitanium, IronOccurrence
Gulf ProspectGraphiteOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
Gulf ProspectGraphiteProspect
Ausable Forks QuarryGranitePast ProducerGranite
George W. Smith Ore Bed DepositIron, GranitePast Producer
Passaic Crushed Stone QuarryGraniteProducer
Charles Clements QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Emerald QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Keystone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stickney Bridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Essex 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
Rome0.7 miles24
Green Street2.5 miles24
North Jay3.0 miles24
Haselton5.4 miles27
Jay5.4 miles24
Wilmington8.3 miles27
Upper Jay9.0 miles28
Deerhead9.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 979665. 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.