Queen Creek, AZ Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Queen Creek sits within Maricopa County, where open burning is heavily restricted. Under Maricopa County Rule 314 and Ordinance P-26, burning household waste and yard waste is strictly prohibited county-wide. The Town of Queen Creek's burn permit guidance states that certain activities do not require a Town permit, including cooking for immediate human consumption, warmth for human beings, and recreational fires, and that these are allowed October 1 through April 30 each year, excluding No Burn Days. A No Burn Day is declared when ADEQ issues a High Pollution Advisory; on those days, burning anything other than gaseous fuels in a fireplace, woodstove, or chimenea is prohibited. Open burns that fall outside the recreational/cooking/warmth exemptions, such as agricultural or land-clearing burns, generally require an open burn permit through ADEQ and compliance with county rules. Queen Creek also enforces the 2021 International Fire Code (Ordinance 797-22, effective January 1, 2023), and Town Code Section 9-4-3 makes it unlawful to violate the Town Fire Code or any lawful order of the Fire Chief or Fire Marshal.