Fire Restrictions
Moab is a hot, dry place. Do your part to help us prevent wildfires!
Southeastern Utah often experiences drought and dry vegetation in the summer months. Each land management agency determines their own fire restrictions — including the City of Moab, Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, and National Park Service.
Generally, you cannot have fires from July - early September each year. That includes fires within fire rings at campgrounds.
Maps and specific information about restrictions can be found at https://utah-fire-info-utahdnr.hub.arcgis.com/pages/active-fire-restrictions.
When a fire restriction is in place, the following are prohibited:
- No campfires (wood or charcoal) anywhere, including designated campgrounds.
- No smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area that is paved, barren, or cleared to mineral soil.
- No metal cutting, welding, or grinding activities in areas of dry vegetation.
- No discharging or using any kind of fireworks, steel tipped/core ammunition, tracer ammunition or other pyrotechnic devices including exploding targets.
Fire danger is high in southeast Utah, even during spring, fall, and winter. Always extinguish campfires (add enough water that you'd be comfortable putting your hands into the fire ring) and dispose of cigarettes properly.
- State lands and unincorporated private lands in Grand and San Juan counties.
- BLM Moab and Monticello field office areas located in Grand and San Juan counties.
- NPS including Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep National Monuments.
- USDA FS Moab and Monticello ranger districts of the Manti-La Sal National Forest, areas within Grand and San Juan counties in Utah, and Mesa and Montrose counties in Colorado.
New restriction orders supersede previous restriction orders for participating agencies and will be in place until the fire hazard subsides. Maps and specific information about the restrictions may be found at: https://utahfireinfo.gov/fire-restrictions/.
Fire restriction orders are specific to each agency and may contain different stipulations, but all the orders have the following prohibited acts in common:
- No campfires (wood or charcoal) anywhere, including designated campgrounds.
- No smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area that is paved, barren, or cleared to mineral soil.
- No metal cutting, welding, or grinding activities in areas of dry vegetation.
- No discharging or using any kind of fireworks, steel tipped/core ammunition, tracer ammunition or other pyrotechnic devices including exploding targets.
- Permissible acts – using devices fueled by petroleum or liquid propane gas (LPG) with a shut-off valve is allowed in areas clear of flammable vegetation within three feet of the device.
For more information about fire restrictions (including the orders from each agency), wildfires, fire prevention, and fuels treatment projects, please visit www.utahfireinfo.gov. Always extinguish campfires, dispose of cigarettes properly, stay on roads and trails to avoid dry vegetation, and ensure trailer chains do not drag or create sparks. Fire sense is common sense.
