What changed · September 3, 2026
Arkansas · Burn Bans
current restrictions
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The rule today
27 of Arkansas's 75 counties are under a county burn ban: Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lincoln, Little River, Miller, Ouachita, Perry, Pike, Polk, Pulaski, Saline, Sevier and Union. The list is unchanged since LawLert's last reading: Polk County was the newest addition, on the page's November 11, 2026 listing (Bradley and Sevier were added on November 9, 2026), and no county has come off. That list is read county by county from the Arkansas Department of Agriculture Forestry Division's official Wildfire Danger and Burn Bans page, stamped as of November 13, 2026. FIRE DANGER HAS RISEN: the same page now lists 19 counties as High Risk - Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Grant, Hempstead, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lincoln, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita and Union - and the other 56 as Moderate Risk, with none at Low Risk (it had listed no county as High Risk on November 11, 2026). Grant and Nevada counties are rated High Risk but are not on the burn-ban list. In Arkansas, county judges issue burn bans, and the page does not publish what each ban covers or when it ends: a county off the list may still have local rules, so check with your county judge's office before any outdoor burning.
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