Is there a burn ban in Georgia today?

What the rule says

• The ban covers 19 metro Atlanta counties, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Spalding and Walton, and 35 others, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Catoosa, Chattooga, Clarke, Columbia, Crawford, Dawson, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Heard, Houston, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lumpkin, Madison, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Oconee, Peach, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Putnam, Richmond, Troup, Twiggs, Upson and Walker.
• During the ban, burning yard debris and other hand-piled vegetation, land clearing, construction debris and storm debris is prohibited in those counties. Prescribed burning is also banned in the 19 metro Atlanta counties.
• Campfires, grilling and agricultural burning are still allowed.
• Outside the ban, Georgia residents can burn hand-piled yard debris without a permit between sunrise and sunset, at least 25 feet from woods and 50 feet from buildings, if someone stays with the fire until it is out. Agricultural, forestry and land-clearing burns need a Georgia Forestry Commission permit.
• Burning household garbage is illegal in Georgia all year. EPD says breaking the summer ban may result in fines.

The Georgia Forestry Commission does not issue burn permits in a county on days it restricts burning there, and cities and counties can set their own rules. Check with your local fire department before you burn.

This page describes the state’s seasonal rule. It does not list bans that individual counties or towns declare, and it does not cover fire-weather warnings or restrictions on public land.