Mississippi Campfire Rules and Burn Bans, With Live Fire Weather
MDWFP sets the campfire rule for Mississippi's state parks and forests. Burn bans and fire restrictions are posted by Mississippi Forestry Commission. Live National Weather Service fire weather alerts for Mississippi load on the page.
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Burn bans and restrictions: Mississippi Forestry Commission.
The campfire rule in Mississippi
Campfires in state parks and forests
No person shall kindle, build, maintain or use a fire other than in the places provided or designated for such purposes. In seasons of unusual dryness or excessive fire danger, fires may be prohibited anywhere within the park property by the park manager. Burn bans will be enforced.MDWFP, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Campfires on national forest and BLM land
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
The County Board of Supervisors normally requests burn bans, and the Mississippi Forestry Commission approves the requests.Mississippi Forestry Commission, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Current restrictions: Mississippi Forestry Commission.
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.
Camping in Mississippi
The Mississippi camping guide has the months when the weather works, how Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks books sites, the rule for camping outside a campground and a live weekend forecast for your campsite.
Mississippi campfire questions
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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.