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Performing a Prescribed Burn?

You MUST File a New Plan!

Kerr County requires those planning to perform a prescribed burn to file a formal, completed plan that is in accordance with any of the 3 free, blank PDF forms offered in the buttons below.

BEFORE a prescribed burn, notification must be given to the following:

The Kerr County Sheriff's Office (non-emergency dispatch)
The nearest Local Volunteer Fire Department to the property
The Texas Forest Service, and the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), formerly the TNRCC

The two local entities -- the Kerr County Sheriff's Office and the nearest local fire department -- should be notified of the intention to burn two times:

Once on the DAY BEFORE the planned burn, and,
Again, as confirmation of plans to proceed, on the MORNING OF THE PRESCRIBED BURN.

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***IMPORTANT NOTE: A new burn plan must be submitted by a certified burn manager before every single prescribed burn event -- updated with signatures, dates, times, expected weather and humidity conditions, etc.

* A Burn Plan May Not Be Reused! *

More details on prescribed burns, including mapping, smoke management, fuel moisture, weather conditions, post-burn reports, useful cellphone apps and more, are offered on the Prescribed Burn Alliance of Texas website.

Prescribed Burn Alliance of Texas FORM

Texas Department of Agriculture FORM

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department FORM

KERR COUNTY BURN BAN STATUS

(UPDATED Thursday, April 2, 2026)

The burn ban is now LIFTED countywide in Kerr County Precincts 1, 2, 3 and 4.

The ban on open-flame, open-air burning 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 for all areas considered AFFECTED by the July 4 flooding incident.

Areas identified as "affected" by the flooding are those properties located specifically between the high water marks on both banks of the Guadalupe River, including the river, the riverbed, etc.

Burning is prohibited until individual zones are released by local officials.

𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦

For up-to-date burn ban information:

* 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 the county's Facebook page to get notifications. https://www.facebook.com/kerrcountytexas

* 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 this page often!

*𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 either of the 2 burn ban hotlines:

𝟴𝟯𝟬-𝟳𝟵𝟮-𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧 (𝟰𝟯𝟮𝟴)

𝟴𝟯𝟬-𝟯𝟭𝟱-𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡 (𝟮𝟴𝟳𝟲)

Any questions pertaining to the burn ban may be directed to the Kerr County Commissioners' Court at 830-792-2215.

Do you have Flood DAMAGE?

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It's Important to Report it NOW

Kerr County residents who suffered damages and/or losses to their primary residence, their business or their agricultural property as a result of the July 4 rains and flood, are being encouraged to report those damages.

https://damage.tdem.texas.gov/