Burning Brush in Rural Grayson County Starts With a Phone Call

Outside city limits, Grayson County allows some outdoor burning. This note is for the unincorporated county, not city lots. The material has to come from your own place. Brush, limbs, leaves, grass clippings, and kitchen trash are the usual examples. Do not burn construction debris, furniture, heavy oils, or chemical waste.

Call the Grayson County Communications Center at 903-813-4411 before you light anything. Make the call the same day. It registers the address and tells you if burning is allowed that day.

The timing rules matter. Start no earlier than one hour after sunrise. Finish no later than one hour before sunset. Skip burning when wind is, or is forecast to be, 23 mph or more. Keep smoke off roads and away from homes next door.

Stay with the fire until it is out. If it spreads, the person who started it is responsible. County limits, city rules, and weather can change the answer, so make the phone call part of the chore.