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Au Sable Forks is a hamlet in Clinton County and Essex County, New York, United States. The northern half of the community, within Clinton County, is listed as the Au Sable Forks census-designated place (CDP) and had a population of 559 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Au Sable Forks CDP, New York )〕 ==Geography== Au Sable Forks is located on the border of Clinton and Essex counties at (44.444063, -73.676013), centered on the point where the West Branch and the East Branch of the 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 , of which , or 0.89%, is water.〔 New York State Route 9N passes through the center of the community, leading northeast (downstream) to Keeseville and southwest (upstream on the East Branch) to Jay. Plattsburgh is to the northeast via NY-9N and 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 it 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. An April 20th, 2002, 5.1-magnitude earthquake centered north of the town caused some damage regionally.〔(Magnitude 5.1 Au Sable Forks, New York )〕〔(Seismo-Watch, Special Earthquake Report, Plattsburgh, NY M5.1 earthquake, April 20, 2002 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Au Sable Forks, New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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