A county-wide burn ban has been put in place for Blanco County.

The county commissioners enacted the ban at Tuesday’s meeting. The ban is set to last through Sept. 8, unless extended or rescinded before that time.

Portions of Blanco County are listed as abnormally dry, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The monitor has five stages, starting at abnormally dry and going to exceptional drought.

Among surrounding counties, Burnet County is completely listed under the abnormally dry designation. Portions of Llano, Travis, Kendall, Hays and Comal counties are also listed as abnormally dry.

As of Tuesday morning, 53.1 percent of the state is listed on the drought monitor in one of the five categories. The monitor lists 28.3 percent of the state as abnormally dry, 16.3 percent in moderate drought, 6.3 percent in severe drought and 2.2 percent in extreme drought. No part of the state is listed as exceptional drought, which is the highest rating on the scale.

Blanco County last had a burn ban on in December. A burn ban went into effect Aug. 5, 2019 and lasted until Nov. 6, 2019. It was reinstated Nov. 12, 2019, and expired Dec. 10, 2019.