Louisiana · Burn Bans

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Louisiana has no statewide burn ban, but 36 of its 64 parishes are under a parish burn ban right now: Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Bossier, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Franklin, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Lincoln, Morehouse, Ouachita, Pointe Coupee, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Helena, St. Landry, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, West Feliciana and Winn. That list is read parish by parish from LDAF's own live burn-ban map layer, last edited November 13, 2026. WINN PARISH IS BACK UNDER A BURN BAN - it re-entered the map as a burn ban on November 13, 2026, after coming off on November 4, 2026 - and no parish came off, so the count rises from 35 to 36. IBERIA PARISH'S ENTRY IS UNCLEAR: on November 9, 2026 LDAF blanked Iberia's burn-ban field on the layer without marking it "none", so LawLert keeps listing Iberia as under a burn ban until the layer says otherwise - check with Iberia Parish before you burn. Earlier changes: Bossier Parish went back under a ban and Jefferson Davis Parish came off on November 12, 2026; Caldwell Parish went back under a ban and Bienville Parish came off on November 6, 2026; Evangeline Parish came off on November 6, 2026; Vermilion and Natchitoches parishes on November 5, 2026; and Caddo, De Soto, Grant and Rapides parishes on November 4, 2026. 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).

✓ Verified against the official source · November 13, 2026 · Official source ↗