Updated on Friday, October 25, 2024 — The Board of County Commissioners unanimously voted to place a county-wide burn ban on Friday. The action takes effect immediately and is in effect for 14 days.
There are exceptions regarding welding, outdoor cooking, household trash, and agricultural burning. For details, click here.
The ban is set to expire on Nov. 7 or until further action by the BOCC.
The Logan County Board of County Commissioners will consider a county-wide burn on Friday morning.
If the three commissioners approve, the ban would be approved up to 14 days.
The meeting is scheduled for 8 a.m. inside the Conference Room inside the Courthouse Annex building.
According to the Oklahoma Forestry, 32 Oklahoma counties are under county burn bans, including Kingfisher County.
With an approved county ban, it is unlawful for any person to set fire to any forest, grass, range, crop, or other wild lands, or to build a campfire or bonfire, or to burn trash or other material that may cause a forest, grass, range, crop, or other wild lands fire.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, two-thirds of Logan County is in a severe drought while the other portion (south) is labeled as moderate.
In the last 30 days, the county has received 0.01 of an inch of rain in the past 30 days and 0.55 of an inch in the past 60 days.
There are currently no rain chances for the county throughout the rest of the week.
There are exceptions to the burn ban.
For welding, cutting torch, and grinding activities when conducted over non-combustible surface of at least 10 feet by 10 feet and when welding blankets or screens are used to cover flammable vegetation, wind speeds must be less than 10 mph, a fire watch, other than the welder, is posted at the welding/cutting torch site with pressurized water or fire extinguisher.
For outdoor cooking, LPG and natural gas grills for outside cooking in a grilling receptacle are permitted provided that the activity is conducted over a non-flammable surface and at least five (5) feet from flammable vegetation.
For agricultural burning citizens must follow Oklahoma Forestry Service guidelines. Burn plans must be on person for the duration of the controlled agricultural burning.
Enforcement of this resolution may be carried out by any law enforcement officer of this State. Any person convicted of violating this resolution shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), to imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Guidelines to issuing a Burn Ban
Prior to the passage of a burn ban, the Board must declare the existence of extreme fire danger. This means the following conditions MUST exist:
1. Moderate, severe or extreme drought exists as determined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
2. No more than 1/2″ of precipitation is forecast for the next three days
And either of the following conditions:
Fire occurrence is greater than normal for the season and/or initial attack on a significant number of wildland fires has been unsuccessful due to extreme fire behavior, or more than 20% of wildfires in the county have been caused by escaped debris burning or controlled burning activities.
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