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One of 114 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 2026 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Au Sable Forks Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2026. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.
The listing
- Address. NY Rte 9N between the east and west branches of the Ausable River; and between College Street and School Lane, Jay, 12912
- When was it listed? January 2026
- Category. district
- Town. Jay town
- National Register reference number. 100012670 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
133 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Au Sable Forks Historic District between 2002 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 32 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 | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 25 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Au Sable Forks Historic District: 22 past producers, 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyradey Estate Deposits | Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Gulf Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Gulf Prospect | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Ausable Forks Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| George W. Smith Ore Bed Deposit | Iron, Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Passaic Crushed Stone Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Charles Clements Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Emerald Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Keystone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stickney Bridge Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jay, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Flood | Upper Jay | $20,000 | An ice jam moved down the East Branch of the Ausable River from Keene through Ausable Forks. The first report of flooding was from a jam flooding Route 9N and Trumbulls Corners Road near Upper Jay at 1433 EST. The jam moved downstream, and flooded Route 9N near Sticknee Bridge between the villages of Ausable Forks and Jay at 1735 EST. At 1850 EST reports were received of evacuations of at least 25 homes underway in the Jersey area of Ausable Forks village due to the ice jam. By 2230 EST the jam had moved on downstream on the Ausable River. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Jay | $20,000 | Numerous trees down across and along Route 9N between Jay and Upper Jay. |
| January 2013 | Flash Flood | Upper Jay | $10,000 | An ice jam formed on the East Branch of the Ausable River between Keene and Jay, and moved downstream. Evacuations were necessary in Jay. The jam moved downstream through Ausable Forks and caused the East Branch Ausable River to spike above flood stage briefly. |
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Jay | $10,000 | An ice jam moved down the East Branch Ausable River the morning of December 22. Reports were first received as the jam moved through the Jersey section of Ausable Forks NY. The river gage on the East Branch Ausable at Ausable Forks NY crested at 9.61 feet at 05:15 AM EST, flood stage is 7 feet. The jam eventually moved out of the East Branch into the Ausable River and came to rest between Ausable Forks and Clintonville on the Ausable River. Low lying roads, parking lots, and park land were flooded. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Jay | $5,000 | A few trees down, including on power lines. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Upper Jay | $5,000 | Trees down on utility lines on Route 9 near Jay town line. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jay | $5,000 | Several tree branches and downed utility lines in the town of Jay due to thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2014 | Flood | Upper Jay | $5,000 | An ice jam on the East Branch of the Ausable River moved downstream through Upper Jay, Jay, and Ausable Forks. Route 9N was closed between Jay and Upper Jay by high water. The jam moved downstream into the main stem of the Ausable River at Ausable Forks where flood impacts ended. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Upper Jay | $5,000 | Runoff from prolonged heavy rainfall of one to two inches in the East Branch Ausable River basin caused minor flooding. The river gage at Ausable Forks to exceed flood stage at 2:40 AM EST on May 4, and crested at a stage of 7.15 feet on May 4 at 04:30 AM EsT. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jay | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Jay | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jay | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jay | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Jay | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Jay | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1895 USGS Ausable quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Ausable quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Au Sable Forks quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Au Sable Forks quadrangle1:25000 - 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
4 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graves Mansion | under 500 feet | 2022 | |
| Asgaard Farm | 1.4 miles | 2020 | |
| Tahawus Masonic Lodge | 1.4 miles | 2021 | |
| Wilmington Bridge | 7.6 miles | 1999 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012670 in Record Group 79. |
| Essex County | All 114 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.