Burn bans in Arizona

No county-level burn ban is currently reported by Southwest Area Fire Restrictions Dashboard (AZ DFFM, BLM, Bureau of Reclamation, BIA) for Arizona. Municipal rules within a county may still apply.

Arizona has no single statewide burn-ban authority. The Southwest Area Coordinating Group's public dashboard layers four agencies' live restriction areas over the same ground: the AZ Dept. of Forestry & Fire Management (State Trust Land), the BLM, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (tribal land). Each publishes its own Stage 1 / Stage 2 / Closure level for the land it manages, and a county can sit under several at once. National Forest System land (Coconino, Tonto, Apache-Sitgreaves, Prescott, Coronado, Kaibab) is not reliably captured by this feed — the Forest Service's own Region 3 feature layers currently carry no live seasonal-stage records for any Arizona forest, even when a forest has a Stage 2 order in force per its own press releases. A county that is mostly National Forest land is shown as unconfirmed rather than a false all-clear.

Arizona's statutory rule applies during a fixed calendar window each year. Governor emergency orders can extend or expand restrictions and are reflected here within one business day of publication.

Under A.R.S. § 13-1706, burning wildlands with criminal negligence is a class 2 misdemeanor (up to $750, up to 4 months in jail); recklessly is a class 1 misdemeanor (up to $2,500, up to 6 months); and doing so intentionally or knowingly while aware it violates a posted fire order is a class 6 felony (up to $150,000, up to 1 year in prison for a first offense). If the conduct is intentional and endangers a person or structure, it escalates to a class 3 felony. Anyone whose fire escapes can also be billed for suppression costs.