Burn Bans

Louisiana has no statewide burn ban, but 32 of its 64 parishes are under a parish burn ban right now: Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Catahoula, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Lincoln, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Carroll and Winn. That list is read parish by parish from LDAF's own live burn-ban map layer, which carries an October 16, 2026 data stamp. Since LawLert's October 15, 2026 reading, 8 PARISHES WERE ADDED - Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Vermilion and Washington - and no parish came off, so the count rose from 24 to 32. Louisiana restricts burning parish by parish when fire risk rises, and parish or city rules may be stricter, so check the official LDAF burn-ban map for your own parish before you burn - the list changes as parish governments add and lift bans. Even where no ban applies, only vegetation and ordinary yard waste may legally be open-burned; plastics, tires, chemicals, shingles, wire and paper products are always illegal to burn (LDEQ).