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Oklahoma Current Fire Restrictions (2026)
Conditional: No statewide Governor's burn ban is in effect.
No statewide Governor's burn ban is in effect. Oklahoma Forestry Services' official burn-ban layer, last edited October 13, 2026, shows 10 of Oklahoma's 77 counties under an active county burn ban: Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Haskell, Le Flore, Lincoln, McCurtain, Pottawatomie, Sequoyah and Tillman. COTTON COUNTY WAS ADDED on October 13, 2026. JEFFERSON, KIOWA AND McCLAIN COUNTIES CAME OFF on October 12, 2026: the layer now shows no county burn ban for any of the 3. Stephens County, whose status on the layer had been blank, now shows no county burn ban (edited October 12, 2026). The other 67 counties, including Oklahoma County (Oklahoma City) and Tulsa County, show no county burn ban on the layer. The layer records all 10 as county-issued bans and flags no Governor-proclaimed ban. County commissioners must declare extreme fire danger before adopting a ban, and a county resolution is effective for no more than 14 days unless renewed by the same body. Where a county ban IS in effect it bans outdoor burning in that county; per ODAFF, violating a county-issued burn ban is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500 and/or up to one year in jail, and violating a Governor-issued ban up to $1,000 and/or one year. Any law enforcement officer in the state may enforce either kind. A Governor-proclaimed ban would supersede county bans; none is in effect right now. Bans change daily - confirm your county on the Oklahoma Forestry Services burn-ban map before any outdoor burning.
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Current Fire Restrictions in states bordering Oklahoma
The same rule in each neighboring state LawLert has verified, from that state’s own official source.
- ArkansasConditional
49 of Arkansas's 75 counties are under a county burn ban: Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Lincoln, Little River, Lonoke, Miller, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Ouachita, Perry, Phillips, Pike, Poinsett, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saint Francis, Saline, Scott, Sevier, Union, Van Buren, White, Woodruff and Yell. …
Verified Oct 18, 2026 · Source: mip.agri.arkansas.gov · Full Arkansas rule →
- ColoradoConditional
Colorado has no single statewide fire ban — restrictions are set separately by each county, national forest, BLM field office and national park, and most federal units have now lifted their seasonal restrictions. …
Verified Oct 18, 2026 · Source: blm.gov · Full Colorado rule →
- KansasConditional
Kansas has no statewide emergency burn ban, but open burning is prohibited by default statewide under K.A.R. 28-19-645: "a person shall not cause or permit the open burning of any wastes, structures, vegetation, or any other materials on any premises" except as authorized by K.A.R. 28-19-647 (advance approval plus notifying the local fire-control authority) and 28-19-648 (agricultural, range-management and recreational exemptions) (KDHE's published air-quality regulations). …
Verified Oct 16, 2026 · Source: ksfire.org · Full Kansas rule →
- MissouriConditional
Missouri has no statewide burn ban, but county burn bans ARE in effect in southwest Missouri. …
Verified Oct 17, 2026 · Source: dfs.dps.mo.gov · Full Missouri rule →
- New MexicoConditional
New Mexico's statewide fire restrictions on state-jurisdiction land have been LIFTED. …
Verified Oct 17, 2026 · Source: api.realfile.rtsclients.com · Full New Mexico rule →
- TexasConditional
Texas has no statewide burn ban; outdoor burning bans are declared county-by-county by each commissioners' court, and the statute reaches only the county's unincorporated area. …
Verified Oct 18, 2026 · Source: gis.tfs.tamu.edu · Full Texas rule →
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