Can I burn today?

Burn bans are declared county by county. Find yours.

Counties under a burn ban today in Texas (145), Oklahoma (12) and Arkansas (52).

Pick your state

A state with no check behind it shows as unverified — we'd rather say so than hand you yesterday's answer.

How it works

We watch the state forestry lists around the clock and put every county's answer on one page: whether there's a ban, the day it started, and what it covers.

Every status here shows when it was last checked. If we can't confirm a county within two days, it stops showing an answer and says so — a burn ban that was lifted last week is worth nothing to you today, and neither is a ban we can't still see on the state's list.

Rules change fast in dry weather — confirm with your county fire marshal or burn line before you light. What you read here is not permission to burn.

Burning on public land?

County rules stop at the national forest boundary. Rangers set their own fire orders there, and they change faster than the county's.

Fire restrictions by national forest — the current stage for 20 forests across the West.
What stage 1 and stage 2 mean — what you can still light, and what closes the gate entirely.
Where our answers come from — the agency behind each state, and what we do when we can't reach one.