Burnet and Llano counties are keeping their burn bans on as the landscape continues to dry out this fall. Temperatures are falling and there could be rain on the way, but for now, fire danger is on the rise.

“The forecast fire danger is very high, the KBDI is 400-600,” Llano County Emergency Management Coordinator Gilbert Bennett told the Llano County Commissioners Court on Monday, Nov. 10. “All of the firemen are saying leave (the burn ban) on.”

Bennett was referring to the Keetch-Byram Drought Index , a 0-800 scale used by Texas counties to determine the relative risk of fire danger based on precipitation levels and overall soil moisture.

As of Friday, Nov. 14, Llano County is at an average of 492 on the scale and up to a 594 in some areas. According to the KBDI , this puts the co

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