Texas Campfire Rules and Burn Bans, With Live Fire Weather
Texas Parks and Wildlife sets the campfire rule for Texas's state parks and forests. Burn bans and fire restrictions are posted by Texas A&M Forest Service. Live National Weather Service fire weather alerts for Texas load on the page.
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Burn bans and restrictions: Texas A&M Forest Service.
The campfire rule in Texas
Campfires in state parks and forests
Campfires are permitted only in designated rings to avoid ground scarring and wildfires.Texas Parks and Wildlife, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Where fire restrictions are posted
In Texas, local governments are empowered to act on behalf of those they serve. When drought conditions exist, a burn ban can be put in place by a county judge or county commissioners court prohibiting or restricting outdoor burning for public safety.Texas A&M Forest Service, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Current restrictions: Texas A&M Forest Service.
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 Texas
The Texas camping guide has the months when the weather works, how Texas Parks and Wildlife Department books sites, the rule for camping outside a campground and a live weekend forecast for your campsite.
Texas campfire questions
Campfire rules in other states
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.