Yuba County, CA Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Outdoor burning in Yuba and Sutter counties is governed by the Feather River Air Quality Management District (FRAQMD) Regulation II - Open Burning, which applies to agricultural, non-agricultural, and residential open burning. Open burning is defined as any combustion of solid material outdoors, in the open, where the products of combustion are not directed through a flue. For valley-floor residential burning, FRAQMD lists burn days as Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, and only on a day declared a permissive burn day - residents are told to call the burn-day status line (530-741-6299) after 9 a.m. to confirm. It is unlawful to burn on a day designated as a 'no-burn' day by the California Air Resources Board or the Air Pollution Control Officer. Allowed material is limited to dry tree trimmings, leaves, pine needles, plants, and other dry growth that was grown on the property where the burning occurs. District and state law prohibit burning in a burn barrel and prohibit burning paper and cardboard; also prohibited are household garbage, furniture, mattresses, carpeting, plastics, rubber, cloth, animal waste or carcasses, tires, lumber, tar paper, asphalt or wood shingles, insulation, paints, metals, wire, and construction or demolition debris. In the foothill portions of Yuba County under CAL FIRE/USFS jurisdiction (FRAQMD Burn Zone 4), a CAL FIRE burn permit (burnpermit.fire.ca.gov) is also required and seasonal burn bans during fire season may suspend burning entirely.