Burn Ban 
A burn ban is a prohibition of any kind of outside burning for a period of 60 (sixty) days from the day the ban is issued or until lifted by the County Judge.

Open burning at this time is considered extremely dangerous to people, buildings, trees and grasslands and violations are very serious, punishable by fines and/or imprisonment.

An active Burn Ban will be posted on the county web site. Contact the Benton County Fire Marshal at 479-271-1083 for more information. Code 5-38-310 - Unlawful burning

"Red Flag" Burn Ban A "Red Flag" issue is only good for a 24-hour period and must be renewed on a day-by-day basis contingent upon conditions.

Controlled Burn
County Emergency Services and the Arkansas Forestry Commission (AFC) have developed these guidelines to determine when controlled open burning is permissible:

• Weather conditions in the past 24 to 48 hours
  (rainfall, temperature, humidity, and wind velocities)
• Present weather conditions
  (rainfall, temperature, humidity, and wind velocities)


• Weather & Fire Danger forecast data:
  National Weather Service