Outdoor burning rules in McHenry County, IL — also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance — set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
You may open-burn landscape waste in McHenry County only on Saturdays and Sundays in April, May, October, and November, dawn to dusk, and only when wind is under 10 mph. Burning garbage, trash, or construction debris is banned at all times.
Under the County Public Health Ordinance open-burning provisions (incorporated into the ordinance effective January 1, 2017), only landscape waste generated on the same property may be open-burned, and only on weekends in April, May, October, and November from dawn to dusk. Burning is prohibited when wind exceeds 10 mph. Landscape-waste fires must be at least 100 feet from any habitable structure (home, school) and 50 feet from a non-habitable structure (detached garage, barn). Burning manure, garbage, construction debris, or trash, and hauling waste from another property to burn, is prohibited at all times countywide. Individual cities may ban open burning entirely.
The County Department of Health and local fire protection districts enforce open burning; illegal fires are a public-health nuisance subject to citation and orders to extinguish.
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