Fire pit rules in Paulding County, GA — also called outdoor burning, recreational fire, or open flame ordinances — cover fuel types, clearances, and when burning is allowed.
Paulding County allows small, attended recreational wood fires kept well back from structures. Propane and gas pits stay legal year-round; wood fires stop during a Georgia Forestry Commission burn ban.
A backyard recreational fire is fine in unincorporated Paulding County when it's contained in a pit or approved appliance, kept small, attended, and set roughly 25 feet from any structure, fence, or property line. Burn only clean, natural wood, never trash, treated lumber, or leaves hauled in from elsewhere. On the red-clay Piedmont around Paulding Forest WMA, a stray ember finds dry pine fast, so keep a hose or extinguisher within reach. Propane and gas fire pits are exempt from open-burning rules and stay legal even during a drought burn ban, when wood fires are off.
An unattended or oversized fire draws a warning, then fire-code fines. A fire that escapes onto a neighbor's lot or into the WMA pines can bring criminal charges and liability for suppression costs.
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