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Mississippi Current Fire Restrictions (2026)

Conditional: No statewide burn ban. Mississippi bans are county-by-county: the County Board of Supervisors requests one and the Mississippi Forestry Commission approves it, and in MFC's words "All burn bans expire at midnight on the stated date of expiration." During a ban, anything with an open flame that produces an ember is prohibited — campfires, bonfires, fire pits, fire rings, burn barrels, debris burning and field burning; propane/gas grills, propane/gas heaters and charcoal grills remain allowed. Each ban lists either "No Exemptions" or specific numbered exemptions (Mississippi Forestry Commission, certified burn managers, county fire services, commercial contractors using heavy construction equipment where the burn meets MDEQ open-burning rules, agricultural field burns, or other). The local sheriff's department enforces bans; knowingly and willfully violating one is a misdemeanor carrying a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500 (Miss. Code §49-19-351). MFC's burn-ban page (mfc.ms.gov/burning-info/burn-bans) carries both a county map and a Burn Bans table listing each county's start date, expiration date and exemptions. On November 13, 2026 that table lists 53 of Mississippi's 82 counties under a ban (Chickasaw County's ban expired at midnight November 12, 2026 and is no longer listed): Adams, Amite, Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lawrence, Leake, Lee, Lowndes, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Perry, Pike, Pontotoc, Quitman, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Sunflower, Tishomingo, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wilkinson, Winston, Yalobusha and Yazoo. Harrison, Madison and Perry list no exemptions. Stated expiration dates (each ban runs to midnight that day unless the county extends it): November 13, 2026 Washington; November 14, 2026 Forrest; November 15, 2026 Holmes, Leake, Simpson and Yazoo; November 16, 2026 Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Neshoba, Oktibbeha, Quitman, Scott, Sunflower and Webster; November 17, 2026 Calhoun; November 18, 2026 Hinds and Madison; November 19, 2026 Jasper, Jefferson, Lawrence, Sharkey and Tishomingo; November 20, 2026 Covington, Humphreys, Marion, Marshall, Pike and Pontotoc; November 21, 2026 Choctaw and Smith; November 22, 2026 Warren; November 23, 2026 Harrison; November 26, 2026 Lowndes and Perry; November 27, 2026 Clarke and Clay; November 28, 2026 Carroll; November 30, 2026 Amite, Attala, Noxubee and Yalobusha; December 1, 2026 Lee; December 2, 2026 Montgomery; December 7, 2026 Newton, Wayne, Wilkinson and Winston; December 12, 2026 Rankin; December 13, 2026 Copiah; December 15, 2026 Franklin. A county can extend its ban, and a ban adopted in the last few days may not be on MFC's list yet, so treat no county as confirmed safe — confirm with your County Board of Supervisors or sheriff's department before you burn.

ConditionalVerified Nov 13, 2026

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“All burn bans expire at midnight on the stated date of expiration. Burn Bans table: Chickasaw 10/19/26 to 11/12/26, exemption 1; Wilkinson 11/10/26 to 12/7/26 (54 rows)”

Read on Nov 12, 2026 from mfc.ms.gov. Quoted as published there; the summary above is LawLert’s plain-language reading of it.

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