Washington County, UT Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

The Kolob Reservoir Facility, the campground and day-use area Washington County operates under an interlocal lease with the Washington County Water Conservancy District, prohibits fireworks outright. Washington County Code of Ordinances section 5-4-4, the facility's fire restrictions chapter, states in subsection F that no fireworks, or incendiary, chemical, or explosive devices, are permitted anywhere in the facility; the ban covers every visitor, whether camping, day-using, or passing through. Subsection A layers the facility rule on top of the Utah Department of Natural Resources' statewide fire restrictions, which apply to the facility independent of the county ban.

The chapter also restricts open flame more broadly: subsection B confines any fire use to a designated camping area with a permanently constructed cement or metal fire pit, or to a fire ring, stove, or grill fueled solely by liquid petroleum; subsection C requires every fire be fully extinguished when not attended; subsection D bars discharging a firearm or weapon in the facility outside of a state-regulated hunting season, treating a bow shot the same as a gunshot; and subsection E prohibits collecting, cutting, or gathering firewood on site.

Read together, the County treats the reservoir's fire risk as a single package: no pyrotechnics, no unpermitted campfires, and no scavenged firewood. This record covers the Kolob Reservoir Facility specifically, not a countywide fireworks rule; Washington County's separate general fireworks chapter (title 4, chapter 5) was repealed by Ordinance 2018-1116-O.