Chautauqua County issues a county wide burn ban.

 Due to extremely dry conditions and lack of sufficient firefighting water, a ban has been enacted on open burning.

This ban prohibits any person from open burning, including, but not limited to setting fire to any forest, grass, range, crop, or other wild lands, or building a campfire or bonfire, or burning trash or other materials that may cause a forest, grass, range, crop or other wild lands fire. The majority of Chautauqua County is considered to be in the Exceptional Drought category and remains under a Stage 3 Water Emergency