Recent rainfall hasn’t helped to alleviate the area fire danger.
Coffey County has re-entered a burn ban as of Friday evening. That ban is in effect until further notice. A burn ban had been in place from Aug. 24-Sept. 11.
Chase County has been in a near-total burn ban since late August, and that remains in place despite parts of the county getting two inches of rain or more as part of separate rain events in late September. The burn ban’s only loophole involves burning of noxious weeds when wind speeds are below 10 mph. A water warning, or mandatory conservation methods, continues for residents servied by Public Wholesale Water Supply District 26, including Cottonwood Falls, Strong City and Chase County RWD 1.
The next update from the US Drought Monitor will be Thursday morning. Area counties are in moderate to exceptional drought, with areas west of a line from Alma to Americus to near Lake Kahola and south of Interstate 35 in extreme to exceptional drought.
