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HAYS COUNTY RULES FOR BURNING
Posted on Mar 15th, 2025

General Requirements for Outdoor Burning:
  • 300 feet from any structure on adjacent properties.
  • Smoke must not create a nuisance to neighbors or traffic.
  • Winds less than 23 mph.
  • Burning allowed one hour after sunrise to one hour before sunset.  All fires, smoke, and smoldering must be completely out overnight.
  • Must be continually supervised by a responsible adult.
  • Must have a means to control and extinguish the fire (water hose, buckets, tanks, tractor, shovels, etc.).
  • You may only burn natural materials (tree limbs, branches, brush, leaves, grass, etc.).
  • You may never burn trash, garbage, construction materials, tires, rubber, plastic, hydrocarbons, fiberglass, asbestos, hazardous materials, processes materials, lumber, etc..
  • Have a means to call 911, know your address, have your address clearly posted and have access for the Fire Department (gate unlocked, etc).  Consider removing tree limbs that limit access by emergency vehicles.
  • Keep your burn pile small and then feed more material into it as it burns down.