Ausable Chasm, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Au Sable town. It lies in ZIP code area 12911. The Survey maps it on the Keeseville quadrangle.
Then and now
1894 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Ausable Chasm
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 1 record
Old State Road Bridgelisted 1999
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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.
- 1894 USGS Plattsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1906 USGS Plattsburg quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS Plattsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Plattsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Plattsburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Plattsburgh quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Keeseville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Ausable Chasm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 14 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 | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | RAILROAD #1 |
| 26 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 24 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 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
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Ausable Chasm: 10 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bigelow Mine | Garnet | Past Producer | 1905, 1914, 1950 | |
| Port Kent Beach Sand Deposit | Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Southern Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | 1880, 1890 | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Granite | Occurrence | 1885 | |
| C. B. White Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1885, 1892 | |
| Empire State Granite Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Indian Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1835, 1865 | |
| Jackson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1835, 1865 | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1885, 1895 | |
| Grasshopper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ausable Chasm in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ausable Chasm | $25,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down across Port Douglas Road and throughout Keeseville. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ausable Chasm | $5,000 | Tree and power lines down on Douglas road. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Ausable Chasm | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Ausable Chasm | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Laphams Mills | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Harkness | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Valcour | 5.8 miles | 29 | |
| Clintonville | 7.4 miles | 24 | |
| South Junction | 7.7 miles | 29 | |
| Salmon River (historical) | 7.7 miles | 29 | |
| South Plattsburgh | 7.9 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942709. 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.










