Louisiana · Burn Bans

Before

Louisiana has no statewide burn ban, but 19 of its 64 parishes are under a parish burn ban right now: Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, De Soto, Franklin, Lincoln, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Helena, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll and Winn. That list is read parish by parish from LDAF's own live burn-ban map layer, which carries a September 17, 2026 data stamp, and it includes Caddo (Shreveport) and Bossier. 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).

Now

Louisiana has no statewide burn ban, but 19 of its 64 parishes are under a parish burn ban right now: Beauregard, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, De Soto, Franklin, Grant, Lincoln, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Red River, Richland, Sabine, Union, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll and Winn. That list is read parish by parish from LDAF's own live burn-ban map layer, which was queried this run and carries a September 23, 2026 data stamp, and it includes Caddo (Shreveport) and Bossier. The count is the same 19 as at the September 17, 2026 reading, but the membership is NOT: Beauregard and Grant have been ADDED to the ban list, and St. Helena and Tensas have come OFF it. 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).