Current Issued Permits
Iowa DOT - 2310 SE 17th St, Grimes
Nov 1, 2023 - May 1, 2024
Saylorville Lake - 5600 NW 78th Ave, Johnston
Oct 1, 2023 - April 1, 2024
15th St. SE, Altoona
Oct 13, 2023 - Apr 13, 2024
10th St. NW, Altoona
Oct 13, 2023 - Apr 13, 2024
6th Ave SW, Altoona
Oct 13, 2023 - Apr 13, 2024
Edwin W Skinner Pkwy SW, Altoona
Oct 13, 2023 - Apr 13, 2024
7105 NW 70th Ave, Johnston
Oct 12, 2023 - Apr 12, 2024
6500 NW 100th St, Johnston
Oct 23, 2023 - Apr 22, 2024
Right of Way, Grimes
Nov 1, 2023 - May 1, 2024
Big Creek State Park
Nov 6, 2023 - May 1, 2024
NW State St/18th St, Ankeny
Nov 13, 2023 - May 13, 2024
W 1st St/Irvinedale Dr, Ankeny
Nov 13, 2023 - May 13, 2024
W 1st St/NW Polk City Dr, Ankeny
Nov 13, 2023 - May 13, 2024
808 County Line Rd, Des Moines
Nov 27, 2023 - Apr 30, 2024
4908 University Ave, Des Moines
Nov 27, 2023 - Apr 30, 2024
2401 E 29th St, Des Moines
Nov 27, 2023 - Apr 30, 2024
11200 NW Towner Dr, Johnston
Dec 1, 2023 - June 1, 2024
300 NE Frisk Dr, Ankeny
Jan 1, 2024 - June 3, 2024
N of 5110 NW 6th St, Ankeny
Jan 1, 2024 - June 3, 2024
S of 3409 NW 25th St, Ankeny
Jan 1, 2024 - June 3, 2024
400 NW Lakeshore Dr, Ankeny
Jan 1, 2024 - June 3, 2024
E of 1520 S Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny
Jan 1, 2024 - June 3, 2024
W of 1650 SW Magazine Rd, Ankeny
Jan 1, 2024 - June 3, 2024
Woodland Reserve E, Ankeny
Jan 1, 2024 - June 3, 2024
Right of Way
Dec 15, 2023 - May 15, 2024
6069 Nottingham Dr, Johnston
Dec 15, 2023 - May 15, 2024
1735 NE 70th Ave, Ankeny
Jan 2, 2024 - July 2, 2024
Big Creek State Park, Polk City
Jan 1, 2024 - May 1, 2024
Fourmile Creek Greenway
Jan 4, 2024 - July 3, 2024
City of Altoona
Jan 8, 2024 - Mar 29, 2024
Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt
Jan 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024
Jester Park
Jan 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024
Easter Lake
Jan 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024
Thomas Mitchell
Jan 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024
Yellow Banks
Jan 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024
Fort Des Moines
Jan 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024
Brown's Woods
Jan 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024
2201 George Flagg Pkwy, Des Moines
Feb 12, 2024 - Feb 29, 2024
2200 NW State St, Ankeny
Feb 13, 2024 - June 1, 2024
3800 NW Abilene Rd, Ankeny
Feb 13, 2024 - June 1, 2024
2910 SW Applewood St, Ankeny
Feb 13, 2024 - June 1, 2024
7105 NW 70th Ave, Johnston
Mar 1, 2024 - Sept 1, 2024
Bike Trail N, Altoona
Mar 1, 2024 - Sept 1, 2024
Bike Trail S, Altoona
Mar 1, 2024 - Sept 1, 2024
Civic Plaza Ponds, Altoona
Mar 1, 2024 - Sept 1, 2024
Country Cove Detention, Altoona
Mar 1, 2024 - Sept 1, 2024
Fieldstone Ponds, Altoona
Mar 1, 2024 - Sept 1, 2024
1500 Crown Colony Ct, Des Moines
Feb 23, 2024 - Apr 30, 2024
Big Creek Wildlife Area, Polk City
Mar 1, 2024 - Aug 1, 2024
Paul Errington Marsh, Elkhart
Mar 1, 2024 - Aug 1, 2024
1217 SW Watrous Ave, Des Moines
Feb 26, 2024 - Apr 30, 2024
4025 Tonawanda Dr, Des Moines
Feb 23, 2024 - Apr 30, 2024
6795 NE Rising Sun Dr, Pleasant Hill
Mar 5, 2024 - May 1, 2024
4475 NE 3rd St, Des Moines
Mar 6, 2024 - May 6, 2024
6200 Scout Trail, Des Moines
Mar 7, 2024 - May 15, 2024
2421 Clark St, Des Moines
Mar 18, 2024 - Apr 30, 2024
6040 Foxboro Rd, Johnston
Mar 25, 2024 - May 15, 2024
2201 George Flagg Pkwy, Des Moines
Mar 26, 2024 - Apr 30, 2024
602 5th Ave SW, Altoona
Mar 27, 2024 - May 10, 2024
Saylorville Lake
Apr 1, 2024 - Sept 30, 2024
For thousands of years, wildfires kept trees out of Iowa’s tall grass prairies, releasing nutrients that fed a lush, new growth of grasses and flowers. Iowa’s native tall grass prairies and plant communities developed under fiery conditions and are part of a fire-dependent landscape. By reintroducing fire, we recreate a process that maintains Iowa’s fertile soils in grasses and wild flowers. Since the early 1970s, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has used prescribed burns as a management tool to:
- Control undesirable vegetation (e.g. brome, invasive species, trees and brush, etc.)
- Manage native plant diversity and composition
- Prepare sites for harvesting, planting, or seeding
- Enhance seed production
- Control plant disease
- Reduce wildfi re hazards
- Remove slash and debris
- Release nutrients back into the soil
- Improve wildlife habitat
Archived Burn Permits
- FY21 1st Quarter Permits
- FY21 2nd Quarter Permits
- FY21 3rd Quarter Permits
- FY21 4th Quarter Permits
- FY22 1st Quarter Permits
- FY22 2nd Quarter Permits
- FY23 1st Quarter Permits
- FY23 2nd Quarter Permits