Williamson County commissioners took no action June 10 to restrict the sale of fireworks in the unincorporated areas of the county during the July fireworks season.

The county, which has the ability regulate the sale of some fireworks including rockets with sticks and missiles with fins, would have to take action by June 15, said Jarred Thomas, Williamson County emergency management coordinator.

Thomas said for the county to take action, the Keetch-Byram Drought Indexthe average measure of ground moisture throughout the countymust be at or above 575 on a scale of zero to 800, in which zero represents complete saturation and 800 represents a complete lack of moisture.

The countys current drought index is less than 250, Thomas said.

Although the county has not banned the sale or use of fireworks, each city within the county is able to set its own ordinances regulating fireworks, he said.

There are still a lot of places that are not covered by a city ordinance, he said. So most of the larger cities like Taylor, Hutto, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, all of those have the ordinance that says no sale or use.