10/28/2025
2025 Fall Open Burn Announced
The 2025 Fall Open Burn Window starts Saturday, Nov. 8, at 8:00 am, and ends on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 5:00 pm, for those within the Air Quality Zone. A map of the Air Quality Zone is available at www.klamathcounty.org and at KCFD1.com.
Klamath County Fire District 1 requirements for public safety are:
• The wind must be 10 mph or less. For wind speed call (541) 883-8127.
• The burn pile should be no larger than 4' x 4' and 3’ high. No more than 2 active piles per property.
• There must be at least a 5’ clearance area beyond the burn pile base, cleared to bare mineral soil, concrete, or masonry. The base of the pile must be at least 25’ from combustibles, fences, or buildings.
• Only residential yard waste, such as tree limbs, brush, and leaves may be burned.
• No trash, plastic, rubber, tar, petroleum products, treated or painted wood may be burned.
• All burning must occur during daylight hours and be fully extinguished by dusk.
• All open burning requires a water source to control/extinguish the fire. Hand tools such as shovels, rakes, etc. must be on hand.
• An adult must monitor the open burn at all times.
• The person conducting any burn is responsible for damage and the cost of an out-of-control burn as well as traffic problems and other hazards caused by smoke.
• These regulations apply to all areas within Klamath County Fire District 1 boundaries, not just the Air Quality Zone.
Additional Public Health requirements for clean air are:
• All burning must occur between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm and be fully extinguished by 5:00 pm.
• Call 541-882-2876 to learn if there are any daily restrictions.
• The use of burn barrels is prohibited in Klamath County.
• Burning commercial, construction, demolition or industrial waste is not included in this burn window. Burning for these purposes requires a special permit from the Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality (541) 633-2021 and Klamath County Fire District 1.
• Agricultural burning inside the Air Quality Zone is prohibited without a certificate of variance issued by the Klamath County Public Health.
For communities outside of Klamath County Fire District 1, contact your local fire district for burning information and restrictions.
The open burn window may be cancelled at any time due to air quality, wind event, or fire hazard conditions. Notifications will be placed on social media and the Klamath County Fire District 1 website, KCFD1.com.
