Editing Au Sable Forks, New York (section)

==Geography==
Au Sable Forks is located on the border of Clinton and Essex counties at {{coord|44|26|39|N|73|40|34|W|type:city}} (44.444063, −73.676013),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> centered on the point where the West Branch and the East Branch of the [[Au Sable River (New York)|Au Sable River]] join to form the main confluence which flows into Au Sable Chasm and thence, into [[Lake Champlain]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP portion of Au Sable Forks has a total area of {{convert|6.6|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.06|km2|disp=flip|2}}, or 0.89%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

[[New York State Route 9N]] passes through the center of the community, leading {{convert|11|mi}} northeast (downstream) to [[Keeseville, New York|Keeseville]] and {{convert|6|mi|0}} southwest (upstream on the East Branch) to [[Jay, New York|Jay]]. [[Plattsburgh (city), New York|Plattsburgh]] is {{convert|28|mi}} to the northeast via NY-9N and [[Interstate 87 (New York)|Interstate 87]].

The climate of Au Sable Forks is temperate, with it being very cold in winter and fairly hot in summer. Au Sable Forks is known for its repetitive history of floods, with those of 1996 and 2011 causing grievous damage – these were 15 and 18 feet above flood stage respectively. Since the 2011 flood caused by [[Hurricane Irene]], ice jams, once common, have become less frequent because of the alteration in hydrogeology caused by the flood, which was the most massive one recorded.

On April 20, 2002, a 5.0–5.3 [[Moment magnitude scale|Mw]] [[2002 Au Sable Forks earthquake|earthquake]] occurred north of the town. The shallow [[Fault (geology)#Dip-slip faults|dip-slip]] shock had a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VII (''Very strong'') and caused damage to roads, bridges, buildings, and chimneys.<ref>{{cite web|title=M 5.3 – New York|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ld2002042000#executive|author=USGS|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=The 20 April 2002 Mw 5.0 Earthquake near Au Sable Forks, Adirondacks, New York: A First Glance at a New Sequence|url=http://srl.geoscienceworld.org/content/73/4/480|first=L.|last=Seeber|first2=W.|last2=Kim|first3=J. G.|last3=Armbruster|first4=W.|last4=Du|first5=A.|last5=Lerner-Lam|first6=P.|last6=Friberg|year=2002|journal=Seismological Research Letters|publisher=[[Seismological Society of America]]|volume=73|number=4|pages=480–489|doi=10.1785/gssrl.73.4.480}}</ref>