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Michigan Current Fire Restrictions (2026)

Conditional: Michigan has no statewide burn ban, and NO COUNTY IS CLOSED TO OPEN DEBRIS BURNING today on the DNR's daily Burn Permits map (map data of November 12, 2026). Burn-permit restrictions are now in effect in 9 counties: Bay, Charlevoix, Clare, Grand Traverse, Houghton, Leelanau, Marquette, Muskegon and Roscommon - select your county on the map to see which townships may burn. Since LawLert's November 10, 2026 map reading, 5 COUNTIES HAVE COME OFF RESTRICTED STATUS - Arenac, Gladwin, Isabella, Midland and Ogemaw are back to open burning permitted with proper precautions - and none were added, so the restricted count falls from 14 to 9. In 40 counties (Alcona, Alger, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Baraga, Benzie, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Crawford, Delta, Dickinson, Emmet, Gladwin, Gogebic, Iosco, Iron, Isabella, Kalkaska, Keweenaw, Lake, Luce, Mackinac, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Menominee, Midland, Missaukee, Montmorency, Newaygo, Oceana, Ogemaw, Ontonagon, Osceola, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Schoolcraft and Wexford) the map shows open burning permitted with proper precautions. The other 34 counties, in southern Michigan, are outside the DNR electronic burn-permit system; burning there is handled by your local authorities. The map changes DAILY: a "YES" in the Burning Permits Issued column for your township is your permit for that day, a "NO" means no open debris burning is allowed there, and state law requires a permit before you burn debris. Restrictions are set county by county and township by township; check the DNR burn-permit map for your township before you burn.

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