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Gopher control in Maryland

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Gophers in Maryland: what to know

Around Maryland

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see gophers, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Gophers in Maryland: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which gophers actually live in Maryland, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

None

Pocket gophers in Maryland

The DNR's Maryland Mammals species catalog lists no pocket gopher; its burrowing insectivores are the hairy-tailed mole, eastern mole and southeastern star-nosed mole.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Skunks, raccoons, moles, voles, chipmunks, squirrels and groundhogs, plus birds and ground-nesting bees

What actually digs Maryland lawns

Extension's list of lawn diggers does not include gophers at all.

University of Maryland Extension

Moles push up soil mounds; voles cut surface runways

Mole versus vole damage

The rule of thumb extension uses is that voles are vegetarian and moles eat meat.

University of Maryland Extension

When gophers are busiest in Maryland

Digging complaints peak in spring and fall when soil is moist and grubs are near the surface.

No pocket gophers occur in Maryland.

Rules that apply in Maryland

Maryland DNR Maryland Mammals

For context, nationally

14 species in 3 genera (Thomomys, Geomys, Pappogeomys) — Pocket gopher species in the U.S.. Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
200 to 2,000 square feet — Botta's pocket gopher burrow system. UC IPM (University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources)

Sources: Maryland Department of Natural Resources; University of Maryland Extension; Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management; UC IPM (University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Gopher control in Maryland

Gophers in Maryland: what to know

Around Maryland

What to note

A useful next step

Gophers in Maryland: what the public record shows

When gophers are busiest in Maryland

Rules that apply in Maryland

For context, nationally

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Annapolis

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