Around Tennessee
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local gopher information
Gopher control in Tennessee
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Gophers in Tennessee: what to know
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 Tennessee: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which gophers actually live in Tennessee, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
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Pocket gophers in Tennessee
TWRA's small mammal accounts list 34 species: chipmunk, mice, rats, voles, lemmings, 9 shrews and 3 moles. No pocket gopher appears.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency3: eastern mole, hairy-tailed mole and star-nosed mole
Mole species in Tennessee
The eastern mole is the common yard animal; a fan-shaped gopher mound has no Tennessee source.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources AgencyVoles and woodrats, not gophers
Rodent burrowers present
Vole runways and mole ridges account for the mounding and tunneling homeowners report.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources AgencyWhen gophers are busiest in Tennessee
Mole and vole activity is year-round, most visible in wet spring soil.
No pocket gophers occur in Tennessee.
Rules that apply in Tennessee
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: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency; 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
