Wilkes County is not included in Georgia EPD's 54-county summer open-burning ban zone.
Exact current county status
Wilkes County is not included in Georgia EPD's 54-county summer open-burning ban zone. Wilkes County is not one of the 54 counties covered by Georgia EPD's annual May 1 through September 30 summer open-burning ban. This scoped answer does not rule out a temporary Forestry Commission order or a local fire restriction.
Georgia Environmental Protection Division current county feedOfficial county status checked September 12, 2026 at 4:26 AM EDT
Exact answer from the current official feed
Wilkes County is not included in Georgia EPD's 54-county summer open-burning ban zone.
Wilkes County is not one of the 54 counties covered by Georgia EPD's annual May 1 through September 30 summer open-burning ban. This scoped answer does not rule out a temporary Forestry Commission order or a local fire restriction.
Wilkes County is not one of the 54 counties covered by Georgia EPD's annual May 1 through September 30 summer open-burning ban. This scoped answer does not rule out a temporary Forestry Commission order or a local fire restriction.
Rule 1This county is outside the Georgia EPD 54-county summer-ban zone.Rule 2A separate temporary state, county, city, or fire-authority order can still prohibit burning.Rule 3Georgia burning permits, notifications, and ordinary open-burning rules still apply.
Other Georgia county statuses
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