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California Fire Information and Fire Restrictions

This map displays the real-time status of large wildfires over 100 acres and current fire restrictions within BLM District and Field Office boundaries. Click on an area of the map to see a pop-up box with additional information. On the map legend, characteristics will become visible as the map is zoomed in.

Current Fire Restrictions

The statewide, year-round fire restrictions remain in effect. Under this order, the public is required to follow these criteria before building, attending, maintaining, or using a campfire, charcoal, coal, or wood stove, outside of a developed campground:

  • maintain a five-foot diameter area cleared to bare soil and free of any overhead flammable materials in all directions around the campfire,
  • have on hand a functioning round-point shovel, with an overall length of at least 35 inches, that can be easily accessed within a reasonable amount of time in response to a fire ignition,
  • possess a valid California Campfire Permit, available free of charge Campfire Permit - Ready for Wildfire.

Target shooting and other fire restrictions remain in effect for some areas of BLM-managed public lands in California. Find specific restrictions by field office below. Restrictions on target shooting do not prevent hunting with a valid hunting license, as hunting on BLM public lands is managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Please visit https://wildlife.ca.gov/hunting for more information.

The restrictions below include campfire safety measures issued in 2020 with a Statewide Fire Order (en español) and a California Desert District order (en español) and will remain in place until 2025.


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Northern California District

Applegate Field Office

Current Restrictions in Place

  • Always have a five-foot circle cleared around your campfire and have a California Campfire Permit.
  • Maintain a five-foot diameter clearance around campfires.
  • Always have a shovel and plenty of water on hand and put your campfire DEAD OUT, before leaving.
  • Never use steel targets, steel jacketed, steel core or incendiary ammunition for recreational shooting as they are more likely to cause a fire.
  • No campfires or recreational target shooting during any Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch.
  • Park vehicles away from areas where exhaust could cause grass or other combustibles to ignite.
  • If you are asked to evacuate, please do so immediately.
  • If you plan to mow your yard or clear weeds, please do so early in the morning and on cooler days with no wind.
  • No motor vehicles or internal combustion engines may be used off established roads or trails. Chainsaws with functioning spark arresters can be used for personal firewood cutting until 1 p.m. daily.
  • It is illegal year-round to possess or discharge fireworks including "safe and sane" devices on public lands.
  • No target shooting with incendiary, tracer, steel core or armor-piercing ammunition, or using exploding targets.

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Arcata Field Office

Current Restrictions in Place

  • Always have a five-foot circle cleared around your campfire and have a California Campfire Permit.
  • Maintain a five-foot diameter clearance around campfires.
  • Always have a shovel and plenty of water on hand and put your campfire DEAD OUT, before leaving.
  • Never use steel targets, steel jacketed, steel core or incendiary ammunition for recreational shooting as they are more likely to cause a fire.
  • No campfires or recreational target shooting during any Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch.
  • Park vehicles away from areas where exhaust could cause grass or other combustibles to ignite.
  • If you are asked to evacuate, please do so immediately.
  • If you plan to mow your yard or clear weeds, please do so early in the morning and on cooler days with no wind.
  • No motor vehicles or internal combustion engines may be used off established roads or trails. Chainsaws with functioning spark arresters can be used for personal firewood cutting until 1 p.m. daily.
  • It is illegal year-round to possess or discharge fireworks including "safe and sane" devices on public lands.
  • No target shooting with incendiary, tracer, steel core or armor-piercing ammunition, or using exploding targets.

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Eagle Lake Field Office

Current Restrictions in Place

  • Always have a five-foot circle cleared around your campfire and have a California Campfire Permit.
  • Maintain a five-foot diameter clearance around campfires.
  • Always have a shovel and plenty of water on hand and put your campfire DEAD OUT, before leaving.
  • Never use steel targets, steel jacketed, steel core or incendiary ammunition for recreational shooting as they are more likely to cause a fire.
  • No campfires or recreational target shooting during any Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch.
  • Park vehicles away from areas where exhaust could cause grass or other combustibles to ignite.
  • If you are asked to evacuate, please do so immediately.
  • If you plan to mow your yard or clear weeds, please do so early in the morning and on cooler days with no wind.
  • No motor vehicles or internal combustion engines may be used off established roads or trails. Chainsaws with functioning spark arresters can be used for personal firewood cutting until 1 p.m. daily.
  • It is illegal year-round to possess or discharge fireworks including "safe and sane" devices on public lands.
  • No target shooting with incendiary, tracer, steel core or armor-piercing ammunition, or using exploding targets.

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Redding Field Office

Current restrictions in place:

  • Always have a five-foot circle cleared around your campfire and have a California Campfire Permit.
  • Maintain a five-foot diameter clearance around campfires.
  • Always have a shovel and plenty of water on hand and put your campfire DEAD OUT, before leaving.
  • Never use steel targets, steel jacketed, steel core or incendiary ammunition for recreational shooting as they are more likely to cause a fire.
  • No campfires or recreational target shooting during any Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch.
  • Park vehicles away from areas where exhaust could cause grass or other combustibles to ignite.
  • If you are asked to evacuate, please do so immediately.
  • If you plan to mow your yard or clear weeds, please do so early in the morning and on cooler days with no wind.
  • No motor vehicles or internal combustion engines may be used off established roads or trails. Chainsaws with functioning spark arresters can be used for personal firewood cutting until 1 p.m. daily.
  • It is illegal year-round to possess or discharge fireworks including "safe and sane" devices on public lands.
  • No target shooting with incendiary, tracer, steel core or armor-piercing ammunition, or using exploding targets.

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Central California District

Bakersfield Field Office

Current restrictions in place:

  • No Campfires or wood/briquette/charcoal barbeques are allowed. Pressurized gas-powered stoves/grills are allowed only with a valid California Campfire Permit.
     
  • No Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or in an area at least three feet in diameter barren of all flammable materials.
     
  • No welding or operating acetylene or other torch with open flame. 
     
  • Possessing, discharging or using fireworks or pyrotechnic devices are prohibited across Bureau of Land Management lands. Additionally, a valid California Campfire Permit is required to operate a stove or fire on these public lands.
     
  • No use of any steel-jacketed, steel core or incendiary ammunition of any caliber, except with a state of California hunting license and in accordance with California hunting regulations.
     
  • No motorized vehicles or tools powered by internal combustion engines off designated roads or trails.

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Bishop Field Office

Current restrictions in place:

  • No Campfires, briquette/charcoal barbeques, or stove fires are allowed outside of agency-provided fire rings or barbeques at developed campgrounds.
  • No Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed campground, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material.
  • No welding or operating acetylene or other torch with open flame. 
  • No motorized vehicles, tools powered by internal combustion engines or battery-operated chainsaws off designated roads or trails.
  • No target shooting – hot bullet fragments, exploding targets and metal from recreational shooting can spark a wildfire. Hunting in the pursuit of game and non-game species is allowed with a valid state of California hunting license. The use of any steel-jacked, steel core or incendiary ammunition of any caliber is prohibited. Visit www.wheretoshoot.org for alternative recreational target shooting locations.  

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Central Coast Field Office

Current restrictions in place:

  • Motorized access is still restricted at the Panoche Hills Special Recreation Management Area. - full order

  • No campfires, barbeques or open flame of any kind, even in developed campgrounds (even in fire rings).
  • No target shooting – hot bullet fragments, exploding targets and metal from recreational shooting can spark a wildfire. Use of firearms for hunting is still allowed. Hunters must abide by state of California laws and regulations. Visit www.wheretoshoot.org for alternative recreational target shooting locations.
  • No motorized vehicles off BLM designated roads or trails.
  • No tools powered by internal combustion engines off BLM designated roads or trails (such as chainsaws or lawn mowers).
  • No smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, or at a developed recreation site, or other designated areas.
  • No welding or operating acetylene or other torch with open flame.
  • No explosives.

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Mother Lode Field Office

Some recreation areas have year-round fire restrictions, such as the South Yuba Recreation Area, which is managed by the Mother Lode Field Office. Visit https://www.blm.gov/visit/south-yuba-river for more information. 

Current Restrictions in Place

  • Always have a five-foot circle cleared around your campfire and have a California Campfire Permit.
  • Maintain a five-foot diameter clearance around campfires.
  • Always have a shovel and plenty of water on hand and put your campfire DEAD OUT, before leaving.
  • Never use steel targets, steel jacketed, steel core or incendiary ammunition for recreational shooting as they are more likely to cause a fire.
  • No campfires or recreational target shooting during any Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch.
  • Park vehicles away from areas where exhaust could cause grass or other combustibles to ignite.
  • If you are asked to evacuate, please do so immediately.
  • If you plan to mow your yard or clear weeds, please do so early in the morning and on cooler days with no wind.
  • No motor vehicles or internal combustion engines may be used off established roads or trails. Chainsaws with functioning spark arresters can be used for personal firewood cutting until 1 p.m. daily.
  • It is illegal year-round to possess or discharge fireworks including "safe and sane" devices on public lands.
  • No target shooting with incendiary, tracer, steel core or armor-piercing ammunition, or using exploding targets.

Read more about fire restrictions:

 

Ukiah Field Office

Current Restrictions in Place

  • Always have a five-foot circle cleared around your campfire and have a California Campfire Permit.
  • Maintain a five-foot diameter clearance around campfires.
  • Always have a shovel and plenty of water on hand and put your campfire DEAD OUT, before leaving.
  • Never use steel targets, steel jacketed, steel core or incendiary ammunition for recreational shooting as they are more likely to cause a fire.
  • No campfires or recreational target shooting during any Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch.
  • Park vehicles away from areas where exhaust could cause grass or other combustibles to ignite.
  • If you are asked to evacuate, please do so immediately.
  • If you plan to mow your yard or clear weeds, please do so early in the morning and on cooler days with no wind.
  • No motor vehicles or internal combustion engines may be used off established roads or trails. Chainsaws with functioning spark arresters can be used for personal firewood cutting until 1 p.m. daily.
  • It is illegal year-round to possess or discharge fireworks including "safe and sane" devices on public lands.
  • No target shooting with incendiary, tracer, steel core or armor-piercing ammunition, or using exploding targets.

Read more about fire restrictions:

California Desert District

Barstow Field Office

Current restrictions in place: 

  • Always have a five-foot circle cleared around your campfire and have a California Campfire Permit.
  • Maintain a five-foot diameter clearance around campfires.
  • Always have a shovel and plenty of water on hand and put your campfire DEAD OUT, before leaving.
  • Never use steel targets, steel jacketed, steel core or incendiary ammunition for recreational shooting as they are more likely to cause a fire.
  • No campfires or recreational target shooting during any Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch.
  • Park vehicles away from areas where exhaust could cause grass or other combustibles to ignite.
  • If you are asked to evacuate, please do so immediately.
  • If you plan to mow your yard or clear weeds, please do so early in the morning and on cooler days with no wind.

 

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El Centro Field Office

Current restrictions in place: 

  • Always have a five-foot circle cleared around your campfire and have a California Campfire Permit.
  • Maintain a five-foot diameter clearance around campfires.
  • Always have a shovel and plenty of water on hand and put your campfire DEAD OUT, before leaving.
  • Never use steel targets, steel jacketed, steel core or incendiary ammunition for recreational shooting as they are more likely to cause a fire.
  • No campfires or recreational target shooting during any Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch.
  • Park vehicles away from areas where exhaust could cause grass or other combustibles to ignite.
  • If you are asked to evacuate, please do so immediately.
  • If you plan to mow your yard or clear weeds, please do so early in the morning and on cooler days with no wind.

 

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Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office

Current restrictions in place: 

  • Always have a five-foot circle cleared around your campfire and have a California Campfire Permit.
  • Maintain a five-foot diameter clearance around campfires.
  • Always have a shovel and plenty of water on hand and put your campfire DEAD OUT, before leaving.
  • Never use steel targets, steel jacketed, steel core or incendiary ammunition for recreational shooting as they are more likely to cause a fire.
  • No campfires or recreational target shooting during any Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch.
  • Park vehicles away from areas where exhaust could cause grass or other combustibles to ignite.
  • If you are asked to evacuate, please do so immediately.
  • If you plan to mow your yard or clear weeds, please do so early in the morning and on cooler days with no wind.

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Needles Field Office

Current restrictions in place: 

  • Always have a five-foot circle cleared around your campfire and have a California Campfire Permit.
  • Maintain a five-foot diameter clearance around campfires.
  • Always have a shovel and plenty of water on hand and put your campfire DEAD OUT, before leaving.
  • Never use steel targets, steel jacketed, steel core or incendiary ammunition for recreational shooting as they are more likely to cause a fire.
  • No campfires or recreational target shooting during any Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch.
  • Park vehicles away from areas where exhaust could cause grass or other combustibles to ignite.
  • If you are asked to evacuate, please do so immediately.
  • If you plan to mow your yard or clear weeds, please do so early in the morning and on cooler days with no wind.

 

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Ridgecrest Field Office

Current restrictions in place: 

  • Always have a five-foot circle cleared around your campfire and have a California Campfire Permit.
  • Maintain a five-foot diameter clearance around campfires.
  • Always have a shovel and plenty of water on hand and put your campfire DEAD OUT, before leaving.
  • Never use steel targets, steel jacketed, steel core or incendiary ammunition for recreational shooting as they are more likely to cause a fire.
  • No campfires or recreational target shooting during any Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch.
  • Park vehicles away from areas where exhaust could cause grass or other combustibles to ignite.
  • If you are asked to evacuate, please do so immediately.
  • If you plan to mow your yard or clear weeds, please do so early in the morning and on cooler days with no wind.

 

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