Corvallis, OR Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Corvallis Municipal Code Section 7.06.020(2) prohibits burning for development, land-clearing, construction debris, or garbage, including structural materials and furniture, at any time within a 6-mile boundary around the City of Corvallis, an area the code says covers the entire Corvallis Fire District. Section 7.06.030 layers on timing restrictions: no one may burn combustible material during a period designated a 'Burn Ban,' 'Red Flag Warning,' a time of high fire danger, or another prohibited period set by the City Manager, Fire Chief, or the Benton County Fire Defense Board of Fire Chiefs, nor during any period the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality declares prohibited for air quality reasons.

Residential yard-debris burning is further confined to the specific yard-debris burning period the Fire Chief or the Benton County Fire Defense Board designates and makes public each year; burning organic demolition waste or debris is barred outright. Section 7.06.010 folds the Corvallis Fire Code, adopted at Chapter 7.08, into these rules, and the burden falls on the person burning to confirm whether a prohibited period is in effect. The Corvallis Fire Department enforces these limits, and the Fire Code's civil penalty schedule at Section 7.08.080 (OFC 110.4.8.2(p)) sets a civil fine between $150.00 and $400.00 for open burning in violation of OFC Section 307, on top of any misdemeanor citation available under the Fire Code's general violation provisions.