5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Washington County, Arkansas.
Verified from official government sources
Recreational fires are allowed on private property in unincorporated Washington County when they burn clean wood and stay attended, but the County Judge's burn ban suspends them whenever the Ozark landscape turns dry.
Consumer fireworks are legal statewide and unincorporated Washington County sets no discharge ordinance, so private-property use is allowed except during a burn ban; Fayetteville and other cities restrict it sharply.
Ark. Code § 20-22-711
from June 20 through July 10 and December 10 through January 5 of each year
Unincorporated Washington County imposes no defensible-space or brush-clearance mandate around homes; clearing is voluntary, but disposing of cut brush by burning is regulated and banned outright during a countywide burn ban.
Unincorporated Washington County allows residential yard-debris burning on lawful days, but burning household trash is illegal statewide, and the County Judge declares Ozark burn bans that halt all open fire.
Ark. Code § 5-38-310(a)(9)
Sets on fire or causes or procures to be set on fire any forest, brush, or other flammable material in violation of a burn ban on outdoor burning declared under § 12-75-108
Arkansas designates no regulatory wildfire hazard zones, and Washington County enforces no wildland-urban-interface building code or defensible-space mandate; temporary Ozark burn bans are the only wildfire-driven restriction on residents.
1 cities in Washington County have their own fire regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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