Burn Information

A recreational fire (campfire, cooking fire or warming fire) is a small, occasional (less than four per month) fire, which is no larger than three feet in diameter and two feet high, burning only dry, cut firewood. Recreational fires are allowed year-round throughout the county under low fire danger level, except if prohibited by city code.

Backyard burning is the burning of organic yard debris on the property of origin, on approved burn days, during approved burn hours, as indicated by the daily burn line. Backyard burn piles can be no larger than 10'x10'x10' and must be a minimum of 50 feet from another structure or other combustible materials. All backyard burning fires must be extinguished by the fires out time, which means no flames or smoke at the end of the established burn hours.

Agricultural burning is the burning of any agricultural waste generated by an agricultural operation that uses, or intends to use land primarily for the purpose of obtaining a profit by raising, harvesting, and selling crops or raising or selling animals. You are not allowed to burn materials on the do not burn list. Demolition waste is also not considered agricultural waste even if it is from a farm structure. Agricultural burning is regulated by the Oregon Department of Agriculture. If you have a complaint about field burning, please call the Department of Agriculture at 503-986-4709.

You cannot burn tires, plastics, decomposable garbage (organic material, paper) petroleum and petroleum-treated materials, asphalt and asphalt materials, chemicals (pesticides, cleaners, detergents), or any material that produces black or dense smoke.