Their is still a burn ban in the State of Louisiana.

The drought conditions still exist, most of the fire district has not received a recordable amount of rain in the last 7 days.

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 in effect until further notice.

Below are the rain total accumulations throughout the Ward 6 Fire district since 9-17-2023. 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 =0.00" rain
(7 day total)

Buxton Creek @ Douglas Rd.= 0.00" rain
(7 day total)

Buxton Creek @ Hwy 27 = 0.00" rain
(7 day total )

Buxton Creek @ Rt. 66 = 0.24" rain
(7 day total)

Buxton Creek @ Bud Bennett = 0.44" rain
(7 day total)

Lower West Fork Buxton Creek @ West St.
= 0.00" rain (7 day total)

Lateral 24 @ Hwy 389 Hargroves = 0.00" rain (7 day total)

Coward Gully @ Edgerly rd = 0.08" rain
(7 day total)

Cypress Creek @ Holbrook Park rd. = 0.00" rain (7 day total)

Little River @ Holbrook Park Rd = 0.00" rain
(7 day total)

West Fork @ Holbrook Park = 0.00" rain
(7 day total)

Little River @ Bankens Rd = 0.00" rain
(7 day total)

Houston River @ Anthony Ferry Rd = 0.20" rain (7 day total)

Houston River @ Hwy 27 = 0.39" rain
(7 day total)

Houston River @ Edgerly Rd = 0.00" rain
(7 day total)