Kansas Flint Hills Smoke Management
1000 SW Jackson
Suite 310
Topeka, KS 66612-1366
(785) 296.0910
County Burning Information
For more information on obtaining a burn permit, reporting a burn, or questions regarding burning, please contact your local Law Enforcement Center, Emergency Management Office or Fire Chief / Fire District. The following information is provided as a service for prescribed burners, but updated information should be obtained from your local county offices. Please read resolutions and regulations in addition to the information provided in the text below, which may be incomplete or summarized.
Anderson
Anyone wishing to do agricultural burning such as brush piles and field maintenance must contact the Anderson County Communications Center (ACCC) at 785-448-6823 prior to setting fire. During certain weather conditions a “burn ban” may be in place. ACCC will take down basic information such as what is being burned, where the burning will take place, and contact information for the land owner or person conducting the burn. If burning is allowed, ACCC will issue a “permit” to burn at that location.
If burning takes place during a ban or without a permit, citations will be issued.
Material such as tires, lumber, diesel fuel SHALL NOT be burned. Kansas Department of Health and Environment will be notified if this occurs.
Atchison
Barber
Barton
Bourbon
Call emergency management prior to burning at: 620-223-3800 x124. Do not burn during a code red event.
Butler
Chase
Permission to burn is obtained the day of the burn. Call the sheriff’s office at 620.273.6313 extension 1 to request permission. Be prepared to provide name, location of the burn, and approximate acreage to be burned. Permission to burn will be determined by weather and smoke modeling forecasts and may change during the day. Upon completion of the burn, the sheriff’s office should again be notified.
Chautauqua
Cheyenne
Clark
Clay
Coffey
Burn permits are available in the county clerk’s office at 110 South 6th Street, Room 202, Burlington, KS, 620-364-2191.
Cowley
Crawford
Decatur
Request permission to burn from the county fire chief at 785-475-8100. No burning is allowed during a burn ban.
Dickinson
Doniphan
Douglas
Elk
Ellis
Ellsworth
Franklin
Geary
Graham
Grant
Gray
Greenwood
Harper
Harvey
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson
Kingman
Kiowa
Lane
Leavenworth
Lincoln
Notify the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 785-524-4479 prior to igniting a prescribed fire. Be prepared to provide the location, fuel type, and a call back number. Wind must be under 15 mph and sufficient water must be on site to put out the fire.
Linn
Burn bans are likely to be in place if winds or wind gust are forecasted to be be in excess of 20 mph depending on the relative humidity, or when the relative humidity is forecasted to be below 30% but depending on the wind speed. When wind speeds exceed 25 mph or relative humidity falls below 20%, no burning will be allowed.
Lyon
McPherson
Meade
Miami
Burn Restrictions and Requirements
Marion
Mitchell
Morris
Morton
Burn permits required. Burn permits can be obtained from the Morton County Sheriff’s Department at Elkhart 620-697-4313 or Rolla/Richfied 620-593-4155. Be prepared to provide the location of the fire, fuel type, and a call back number. Burn ban notifications will be on the opening page of the Morton County website.
Neosho
Notify the Neosho County emergency manager at 620-244-3874 immediately before burning and again to report the burn is out .
Ness
Osage
Burn permits required. Burn permit applications can be obtained at the following city offices: Carbondale, Scranton, Osage City, Overbrook, Melvern, and Burlingame; at fire districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; and at county offices of Extension, Sheriff, Land Development, Clerk, Emergency Manager, and USDA Service Center-Lyndon. Call Sheriff dispatch at 785-828-312 prior to burning. Sign up for burn ban notifications at https://member.everbridge.net/index/453003085612434#/login
Osborne
Notify the Osborne County Sheriff’s office at 785-346-2001 to obtain authorization for burning.
Ottawa
Registration with the Ottawa County Emergency Management at 785-92-3600 prior to burning is required. Notify the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office at 785-392-2157 prior to starting any controlled burn.
Pawnee
Notify the Pawnee County Sheriff dispatcher at 620-285-2211 prior to burning. Be prepared to provide the location and time of burn.
Pottawatomie
Pratt
Permission to burn is obtained on the day of the burn. Call Reno County Emergency Communications at 620.694.2800 to request permission. Burn ignition is not allowed two hours or less before sunset until one hour after sunrise. See resolution for additional regulations.
Republic
Notify the Republic County Sheriff dispatcher at 785-527-5658 prior to burning.
Reno
Riley
Rooks
Notify the Rooks County Sheriff dispatcher at 785.425.6312 prior to burning. Wind speeds must be less than 20 mph, the fire must be out by dark, and a method of extinguishing the fire must be in place.
Russell
A burn permit is required. Prior to burning, a burn notification form must be filled out.
Saline
A burn permit is required. Notify the Saline County Emergency Management at 785-826- 6511 or the dispatcher at 785-826-7210 within one hour prior to the start of a burn to request permission. Be prepared to provide your name, burn permit number, location, fuel type, and call back number during the burn.
Scott
Sedgwick
Seward
Shawnee
A burn permit is required. Prior to burning, a burn notification form must be filled out.
Sheridan
Smith
Stafford
Stevens
Sumner
Permission to burn is obtained the day of the burn. Notify the dispatcher (911) immediately before burning and again to report the burn is out. No burns are allowed during red flag warning or high wind advisory weather events. Burn permits during burn bans are required and will be issued at the discretion of the fire chiefs.
Trego
Wabaunsee
Wallace
Notify the Wallace County Emergency Manager at 785.852.4288 prior to burning.
Wilson
Notify the dispatcher immediately before burning. Be prepared to provide you name and the location of the burn. If burning conditions are questionable, the dispatcher will confer with the chairman of the county Rural Fire and a decision will be made to approve or deny a burn request.