Texas Burn Ban Status by County — Updated Daily
86 of 254 Texas counties currently have a burn ban in effect.
Check the current outdoor burn ban status for every Texas county below. Status is refreshed every day from the Texas A&M Forest Service county burn ban dataset. Click any county for details, exceptions, penalties, and neighboring-county status.
County Status Ban effective since
Anderson County No ban — Andrews County No ban — Angelina County No ban — Aransas County BURN BAN Mar 13, 2026 Archer County No ban — Armstrong County BURN BAN Aug 14, 2023 Atascosa County No ban — Austin County No ban — Bailey County BURN BAN Jul 25, 2022 Bandera County No ban — Bastrop County No ban — Baylor County BURN BAN Apr 12, 2021 Bee County No ban — Bell County No ban — Bexar County No ban — Blanco County No ban — Borden County No ban — Bosque County No ban — Bowie County No ban — Brazoria County No ban — Brazos County No ban — Brewster County BURN BAN Nov 29, 2017 Briscoe County BURN BAN Feb 15, 2022 Brooks County BURN BAN Jan 24, 2022 Brown County No ban — Burleson County No ban — Burnet County No ban — Caldwell County No ban — Calhoun County No ban — Callahan County No ban — Cameron County BURN BAN Mar 16, 2026 Camp County No ban — Carson County BURN BAN Feb 9, 2026 Cass County No ban — Castro County BURN BAN Nov 23, 2021 Chambers County No ban — Cherokee County No ban — Childress County BURN BAN Nov 10, 2025 Clay County BURN BAN Jul 14, 2026 Cochran County BURN BAN Jul 25, 2022 Coke County BURN BAN Jun 23, 2026 Coleman County No ban — Collin County No ban — Collingsworth County BURN BAN Jan 27, 2026 Colorado County No ban — Comal County No ban — Comanche County No ban — Concho County No ban — Cooke County No ban — Coryell County No ban — Cottle County BURN BAN Mar 25, 2025 Crane County BURN BAN Mar 13, 2024 Crockett County No ban — Crosby County BURN BAN Jan 17, 2026 Culberson County BURN BAN May 9, 2011 Dallam County BURN BAN Feb 5, 2025 Dallas County No ban — Dawson County No ban — Deaf Smith County BURN BAN Nov 10, 2025 Delta County No ban — Denton County No ban — DeWitt County No ban — Dickens County No ban — Dimmit County BURN BAN Jul 12, 2021 Donley County BURN BAN Sep 11, 2023 Duval County BURN BAN Mar 1, 2022 Eastland County BURN BAN Jun 23, 2026 Ector County No ban — Edwards County No ban — El Paso County BURN BAN Sep 2, 2025 Ellis County No ban — Erath County No ban — Falls County No ban — Fannin County No ban — Fayette County No ban — Fisher County BURN BAN Jul 13, 2026 Floyd County BURN BAN Jan 8, 2026 Foard County BURN BAN Dec 9, 2025 Fort Bend County No ban — Franklin County No ban — Freestone County No ban — Frio County No ban — Gaines County No ban — Galveston County No ban — Garza County BURN BAN Jul 13, 2020 Gillespie County No ban — Glasscock County BURN BAN Jun 13, 2011 Goliad County No ban — Gonzales County No ban — Gray County BURN BAN Jan 15, 2026 Grayson County No ban — Gregg County No ban — Grimes County No ban — Guadalupe County No ban — Hale County BURN BAN Jul 25, 2022 Hall County No ban — Hamilton County No ban — Hansford County BURN BAN Feb 20, 2026 Hardeman County BURN BAN Nov 16, 2025 Hardin County No ban — Harris County No ban — Harrison County No ban — Hartley County BURN BAN Feb 5, 2025 Haskell County No ban — Hays County No ban — Hemphill County BURN BAN Feb 9, 2026 Henderson County No ban — Hidalgo County BURN BAN Mar 27, 2025 Hill County No ban — Hockley County No ban — Hood County No ban — Hopkins County No ban — Houston County No ban — Howard County No ban — Hudspeth County BURN BAN Apr 19, 2022 Hunt County No ban — Hutchinson County No ban — Irion County No ban — Jack County No ban — Jackson County No ban — Jasper County No ban — Jeff Davis County BURN BAN Oct 27, 2021 Jefferson County No ban — Jim Hogg County BURN BAN Jan 10, 2023 Jim Wells County No ban — Johnson County BURN BAN Jul 8, 2026 Jones County No ban — Karnes County No ban — Kaufman County No ban — Kendall County No ban — Kenedy County No ban — Kent County BURN BAN Mar 25, 2025 Kerr County No ban — Kimble County No ban — King County BURN BAN Sep 12, 2023 Kinney County BURN BAN Mar 23, 2026 Kleberg County No ban — Knox County BURN BAN Sep 11, 2023 La Salle County BURN BAN Mar 26, 2022 Lamar County No ban — Lamb County BURN BAN Feb 20, 2026 Lampasas County No ban — Lavaca County No ban — Lee County No ban — Leon County No ban — Liberty County No ban — Limestone County No ban — Lipscomb County No ban — Live Oak County No ban — Llano County BURN BAN Jul 14, 2026 Loving County No ban — Lubbock County No ban — Lynn County BURN BAN Jan 29, 2025 Madison County No ban — Marion County No ban — Martin County BURN BAN Jan 28, 2026 Mason County No ban — Matagorda County No ban — Maverick County No ban — McCulloch County No ban — McLennan County No ban — McMullen County No ban — Medina County No ban — Menard County No ban — Midland County No ban — Milam County No ban — Mills County BURN BAN Jul 22, 2026 Mitchell County No ban — Montague County No ban — Montgomery County No ban — Moore County BURN BAN Oct 28, 2025 Morris County No ban — Motley County BURN BAN Feb 10, 2026 Nacogdoches County No ban — Navarro County No ban — Newton County No ban — Nolan County No ban — Nueces County No ban — Ochiltree County BURN BAN Jan 30, 2026 Oldham County BURN BAN Sep 13, 2023 Orange County No ban — Palo Pinto County BURN BAN Mar 23, 2026 Panola County No ban — Parker County No ban — Parmer County BURN BAN Oct 2, 2025 Pecos County No ban — Polk County No ban — Potter County BURN BAN Jul 1, 2026 Presidio County BURN BAN Mar 24, 2026 Rains County No ban — Randall County BURN BAN Feb 20, 2026 Reagan County BURN BAN Jun 22, 2020 Real County No ban — Red River County No ban — Reeves County BURN BAN Jun 20, 2023 Refugio County No ban — Roberts County BURN BAN Nov 20, 2025 Robertson County No ban — Rockwall County No ban — Runnels County No ban — Rusk County No ban — Sabine County No ban — San Augustine County No ban — San Jacinto County No ban — San Patricio County BURN BAN Sep 5, 2025 San Saba County BURN BAN Jul 7, 2026 Schleicher County BURN BAN Jul 6, 2026 Scurry County No ban — Shackelford County BURN BAN Feb 16, 2026 Shelby County No ban — Sherman County BURN BAN Feb 20, 2026 Smith County No ban — Somervell County BURN BAN Jul 8, 2026 Starr County BURN BAN Apr 1, 2022 Stephens County BURN BAN Oct 20, 2025 Sterling County No ban — Stonewall County No ban — Sutton County No ban — Swisher County BURN BAN Jan 29, 2025 Tarrant County No ban — Taylor County No ban — Terrell County BURN BAN Aug 21, 2015 Terry County BURN BAN Mar 27, 2026 Throckmorton County BURN BAN Apr 12, 2021 Titus County No ban — Tom Green County BURN BAN Jul 7, 2026 Travis County No ban — Trinity County No ban — Tyler County No ban — Upshur County No ban — Upton County BURN BAN Apr 11, 2022 Uvalde County No ban — Val Verde County No ban — Van Zandt County No ban — Victoria County No ban — Walker County No ban — Waller County No ban — Ward County BURN BAN Mar 8, 2021 Washington County No ban — Webb County No ban — Wharton County No ban — Wheeler County No ban — Wichita County No ban — Wilbarger County BURN BAN Jan 18, 2022 Willacy County BURN BAN Aug 30, 2023 Williamson County No ban — Wilson County BURN BAN Jan 28, 2026 Winkler County BURN BAN Jun 23, 2025 Wise County No ban — Wood County No ban — Yoakum County BURN BAN Dec 29, 2025 Young County No ban — Zapata County BURN BAN Sep 13, 2011 Zavala County BURN BAN Oct 20, 2025
What is a burn ban?
A burn ban is a temporary order issued by a county commissioners court under Texas Local Government Code §352.081 that prohibits or restricts outdoor burning when drought conditions create wildfire danger. Violating a burn ban is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500. Learn more in our guides: What Is a Burn Ban? , Texas Outdoor Burning Rules , Welding During Burn Bans , and Campfire Rules .
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