Live fire weather for Arkansas

Arkansas Campfire Rules and Burn Bans, With Live Fire Weather

Q: Are campfires allowed on national forest land in Arkansas?

USFS says: “Campfires are allowed when you are dispersed camping unless there are fire restrictions in effect due to high fire danger conditions. Please use existing sites and fire rings. Wood permits are not needed for usage on the forest.”

Q: Where are burn bans and fire restrictions posted in Arkansas?

Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division is the source this page found, at https://mip.agri.arkansas.gov/agtools/Forestry/Fire_Info. A county or a single forest can order a stricter ban than the state, so also ask the local fire department or ranger district.

Q: What does a red flag warning mean for a campfire in Arkansas?

A red flag warning is the National Weather Service saying warm temperatures, very low humidity and strong winds make a fire spread fast. It is a weather product, not a ban, but many agencies tighten or end campfires when one is out. The live panel on this page shows any warning, fire weather watch or fire warning for the state right now.

Arkansas State Parks sets the campfire rules for Arkansas's state parks. Burn bans and fire restrictions are posted by Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division. Live National Weather Service fire weather alerts for Arkansas load on the page.

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Burn bans and restrictions: Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division.

The rule

The campfire rule in Arkansas

Campfires on national forest and BLM land

Campfires are allowed when you are dispersed camping unless there are fire restrictions in effect due to high fire danger conditions. Please use existing sites and fire rings. Wood permits are not needed for usage on the forest.

USFS, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source

Where fire restrictions are posted

County Judges Issue Burn Bans

Arkansas Department of Agriculture, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source

Current restrictions: Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division.

Quoted from pages read October 18, 2026. A county, a national forest or a single park can order a stricter ban than the state, so ask the local fire department or ranger district before you light a fire.

Planning a trip

Camping in Arkansas

The Arkansas camping guide has the months when the weather works, how Arkansas State Parks books sites, the rule for camping outside a campground and a live weekend forecast for your campsite.

Arkansas campfire questions

Are campfires allowed on national forest land in Arkansas?

Where are burn bans and fire restrictions posted in Arkansas?

What does a red flag warning mean for a campfire in Arkansas?

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Where this page’s facts come from

State park, forestry and federal land pages (read October 18, 2026). Booking windows, reservation systems, campfire rules, fire restriction sources and rules for camping outside a campground, each quoted word for word with a link to the page it came from.
NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991 to 2020 (read October 18, 2026). Average monthly high, low and nights at or below 32 F at 150 reference stations, the same stations the heat season and heating season pages use.
National Weather Service alerts (live, read in your browser when the page loads). Red Flag Warnings, Fire Weather Watches, Fire Warnings, Freeze Warnings and High Wind Warnings, read live from api.weather.gov.
National Weather Service 7 day forecast (live, read in your browser when the page loads). The weekend forecast for the ZIP code a visitor enters, read live from api.weather.gov.

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