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Here’s how burn bans are decided in Tarrant County, Texas. The Keetch-Byram Drought Index measures daily water content, precipitation, and soil moisture measurements. The index ranks ...
Four Austin-area counties are under burn bans due to weather. The extreme heat could last through the rest of summer or longer, meteorologist says. 4 Central Texas counties under burn bans; NWS ...
Summer 2023 was among the driest on record causing drought conditions to spread — threatening crops and forcing burn bans in 215 Texas counties. 150 Texas counties have USDA disaster labels due ...
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Citing an increased fire danger in the coming week, the court's decision will keep unincorporated areas in the county under a burn ban until Oct. 26.
Specifically, California bans "any non-stationary and transportable device designed or intended to emit or propel a burning stream of combustible or flammable liquid a distance of at least 10 feet" without a permit from a fire marshal.
Under the ban, which was issued in two parts with 14 counties covered Sunday night and 16 more added Wednesday: All open burning is prohibited. All burn permits previously issued are canceled.
The 2024 Texas wildfires were marked by several major fires, including the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas panhandle and part of Oklahoma.. The Smokehouse Creek Fire burned an estimated 1,058,482 acres (1,653.878 sq mi; 428,352 ha) in Texas and Oklahoma and was completely contained on March 16, [1] becoming the second largest fire in US history dating back to 1988.