Welcome to the Boulder County Open Burning Site

Use this website for:

• Slashpile Burn Permit applications for the public and fire agencies
• Agricultural Burn registrations
• Filing your Intent to Burn within 5 minutes prior to ignition
• Logging your Completion of Burn statement

Slash Piles
You must have a permit to burn slash piles. A slash pile is made up of vegetative material that has been concentrated by manual or mechanical means into a pile measuring no more than 6 feet wide by 6 feet long by 6 feet tall.

For Slash Pile Burns, apply for a permit. After your permit application is approved, submit an Intent to Burn within 5 minutes prior to ignition from My Application Page or by calling (720) 806-4305. Have your permit number ready to enter.

Agricultural Burns
Agricultural burns are defined as the open burning of ground cover vegetation for the following purposes:

• Preparing the soil for crop production and livestock grazing.
• Clearing of irrigation ditches and fence lines.
• Controlling noxious weeds for "Commercial Agricultural Operations".
• Burning tree trimmings from commercial orchards for disease control.

All burning for any other purpose is not considered an agricultural burn.

For Agricultural Burns, register your burn. After you register your burn, submit an Intent to Burn within 5 minutes before ignition from My Application Page or by calling (720) 806-4305. Have your registration number ready to enter.

Recreational Fires
Recreational Fires are those used for non-commercial cooking of food for human consumption (barbeques, gas stoves, charcoal fires), for instructional or religious purposes (bonfires, sweat lodges), or for recreational purposes (campfires on private lands). These cannot be larger than 2 feet wide by 2 feet long by 3 feet tall. Recreational fires to not require a permit.