Their is still a burn ban in the State of Louisiana The drought conditions still exist, the little rainfall has helped but we are not out of the woods. We have started getting calls of people burning, please wait to burn.

Ward 6 Fire participates in a survey every Tuesday with the Louisiana State Fire Marshal, Louisiana Deptartment of Agriculture & Forestry, and fire chiefs from throughout the state. The burn ban is still active and will be reviewed again on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

Below are the rain total accumulations throughout the Ward 6 Fire district since 9-9-2023. Reminder, these are 7 day totals. The source of this data are monitoring stations on the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury One Rain System.

Buxton Creek @ Grand Ave =0.71" rain
(7 day total)

Buxton Creek @ Douglas Rd.= 0.55" rain
(7 day total)

Buxton Creek @ Hwy 27 = 1.24" rain
(7 day total )

Buxton Creek @ Rt. 66 = 1.22" rain
(7 day total)

Buxton Creek @ Bud Bennett = 0.76" rain
(7 day total)

Lower West Fork Buxton Creek @ West St.
= 0.63" rain (7 day total)

Lateral 24 @ Hwy 389 Hargroves = 0.74" rain (7 day total)

Coward Gully @ Edgerly rd = 1.42" rain
(7 day total)

Cypress Creek @ Holbrook Park rd. = 1.66" rain (7 day total)

Little River @ Holbrook Park Rd = 1.80" rain
(7 day total)

West Fork @ Holbrook Park = 0.89" rain
(7 day total)

Little River @ Bankens Rd = 2.07" rain
(7 day total)

Houston River @ Anthony Ferry Rd = 1.22" rain (7 day total)

Houston River @ Hwy 27 = 1.23" rain
(7 day total)

Houston River @ Edgerly Rd = 1.23" rain
(7 day total)