Countywide Burn Ban in Effect

Effective Immediately, June 14, 2023 at 7 a.m., all fire agencies within Washington County are under a High-Fire Danger Burn Ban, based on a recommendation made by the Washington County Fire Defense Board. Burning restrictions are authorized under Oregon Revised Statute 478.960 and Oregon Fire Code 307.

The burn ban prohibits all the following:

 Backyard or open burning (branches, yard debris, etc.).

 Agricultural burning (agricultural wastes, crops, field burning, etc.).

 Any other land clearing, slash, stump, waste, debris or controlled burning.

The burn ban does not prohibit:

 Small outdoor cooking, warming or recreational fires. These include portable or permanent fire pits, fire tables, and campfires, with a maximum fuel area of three feet in diameter and two feet in height in a safe location away from combustibles or vegetation and are fully extinguished after use.

 Barbeque grills, smokers and similar cooking appliances with clean, dry firewood, briquettes, wood chips, pellets, propane, natural gas, or similar fuels.