Around Texas
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 Texas
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Gophers in Texas: 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 Texas: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which gophers actually live in Texas, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Gopher species recorded in Texas
- Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) — Most widespread of California's five species; also in disjunct southwest Oregon populations.
- Plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) — The Great Plains and Midwest species.
- Texas pocket gopher (Geomys personatus) — South Texas sandy soils.
- Desert pocket gopher (Geomys arenarius) — Rio Grande valley.
Texas hosts more pocket gopher species than any other state on the ICWDM list.
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: Pocket Gophers; Pest Notes: Pocket Gophers. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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