Outdoor burning rules in Sutter, CA — also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance — set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
Open burning in unincorporated Sutter County is regulated by the Feather River Air Quality Management District (FRAQMD) Regulation II and CAL FIRE. Valley residential burn days are Monday, Wednesday and Saturday; only dry vegetation grown on the property may be burned, and agricultural burning needs an FRAQMD permit.
Outdoor (open) burning in Sutter County is governed by the Feather River Air Quality Management District's Regulation II - Open Burning, in coordination with CAL FIRE and local fire districts. Under FRAQMD Rule 2.5, no person may set an open fire for agricultural burning without a valid permit issued by the Air Pollution Control Officer or a designated agency. Sutter County's designated permit-issuing fire agencies (Rule 2.12) include the Walton, Yuba City, Live Oak, Meridian, Sutter, Pleasant Grove, Oswald-Tudor, East Nicolaus, and Robbins fire departments. Burning may only occur on a declared burn day; the APCO can declare a 'No-Burn' day when air quality may be adversely affected (Rule 2.5). For valley-floor residential burning, FRAQMD designates Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday as burn days, and only dry vegetative material grown on the property may be burned - no household garbage, plastics, or non-vegetative waste. Sutter Buttes locations (Burn Zone 7) and CAL FIRE jurisdictions can be subject to seasonal burn bans. Burning hours are set by the APCO (Rule 2.6). Rule 2.11 provides that nothing in the regulations permits burning on days when fire agencies prohibit it for fire control. CAL FIRE additionally suspends residential burn permits across the Nevada-Yuba-Placer area during peak fire season, typically reinstating them around November 1. Always check the FRAQMD burn-day status line before igniting.
Burning without a required permit, on a no-burn day, or of prohibited materials violates FRAQMD Regulation II and can result in air-district enforcement. CAL FIRE permit suspensions and fire-agency prohibitions during fire season override burn days.
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