Spring Burning Permits

Attention Tooele County residents, within the North Tooele Fire District area including: Erda, Pine Canyon, Lake Point and Stansbury Park.

Burn permits are now being issued for the 2023 Spring burn season.
The burn season will last from March 30 – May 30, 2023.

Burn permits are free but MUST be obtained by filling out an online permit.
This can be done by logging on to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) website at

https://air.utah.gov/OpenBurning/form/index.php

Some restrictions do apply. To find out what the restrictions are please call 435-882-6730 or the Tooele County Fire Warden 435-241-0027.

Stansbury Park only allows small cooking/recreational fires but only in an in-ground fire pit, or an above ground fire place. Recreational fires may include Dutch oven cooking, marshmallow or hot dog roasts, ETC. They may not be for burning of yard debris, grass, weeds, leaves, ground clearing, etc.

The International Fire Code prohibits open burning within 50 feet of any building.

Burn dates for the Fall 2023 season have been tentatively scheduled for September 15 – October 30.
Updates on dates will be released as they become available.

Remember:  Burn permits are free.  Fines are expensive.

Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Regulations for Open Burning can be viewed here:
http://air.utah.gov/OpenBurning/index.htm

Click here to check the Clearing Index for Tooele County (Basin 1):
https://www.weather.gov/slc/ClearingIndex

To check current fire restrictions:
https://utahfireinfo.gov/

Tooele County Fire Warden
Dan Walton
435-241-0027
https://tooelewildfire.org/