Small contained backyard fires are allowed in unincorporated Jeffco only when no fire restriction is in effect. Under Stage 1 restrictions, open burning, bonfires, and campfires (with limited exceptions) are prohibited; only liquid- and gas-fueled appliances remain permitted.
Because Jefferson County sits in high wildfire-risk foothills, backyard fires are governed by the Sheriff's fire-danger stage rather than a fixed year-round rule. When no restriction is active, residents may have small, attended, contained recreational fires and must fully extinguish them. Once the Sheriff issues Stage 1 fire restrictions, "open burning and bonfires are prohibited, along with campfires (with limited exceptions) and fireworks." A Stage 2 fire ban tightens this further. Throughout both stages, liquid- or gas-fueled appliances such as gas grills, gas fire pits, gas stoves, gas lanterns, and camp stoves are permitted. Incorporated cities and local fire protection districts may add their own recreational-fire rules.
Violating the Sheriff's fire restriction, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine of not more than $600.
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