Open Burning Permits are required in Weld County to burn anything other than household paper, cardboard, and agriculturally exempt materials.
Open Burning Permits are available in all areas of Weld County except those where there are ordinances or codes that ban open burning, such as:
1. Selected Municipal towns or cities
2. Some Fire Districts
Open Burning Permits may be obtained:
1. Online at www.co.weld.co.us/apps1/health/burn_permits/
2. In person at the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment, Environmental Health Services, 1555-N. 17th Avenue, Greeley, or,
3. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Air Pollution Control Division, 4300 Cherry Creek Dr. South, Denver.
Open Burning for which a permit has been obtained may NOT be conducted on any ‘RED’ Air Quality Alert Day that is determined for the 9-county Front Range area that includes Weld County. The Open Burning Permit is NOT VALID on “RED” Air Quality Alert Days.”
Agricultural Open Burning – Per Weld County, agricultural open burning is exempt from permitting by Regulation No. 9 (Colorado Air Quality Control Commission); however, not all burns on agriculturally zoned land are considered agriculturally exempt burns.
For a burn to be considered agriculturally exempt from obtaining an Open Burning Permit, it must fall into one of the following categories:
- Irrigation or water conveyance ditch burn
- Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) burn
- Burning of vegetative detritus from a reservoir
- Burning of stubble from a commercial annual row crop
- Burning cropland vegetation for weed control
- Burning to dispose of brush to improve forage for livestock on ranches
- Burning of fruit trees, vine prunings, and cull trees in and from an orchard or nursery
For more information on Weld County’s burn regulations and burn permit process, please visit their website: Weld County Burning Regulations