Around West Virginia
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 West Virginia
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Gophers in West Virginia: 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 West Virginia: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which gophers actually live in West Virginia, 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 West Virginia
The DNR counts 74 mammal species in the state, with 26 rodents in 5 families (squirrels, beaver, jumping mice, mice and voles, and rats); no pocket gopher family is among them.
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources3: hairy-tailed, eastern and star-nosed
Mole species present
These are the state's tunneling mammals, and they are insectivores rather than root feeders.
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources8 shrew species and 3 mole species
Shrews and moles in the state
A West Virginia yard mound is a mole or a shrew run, not gopher work.
West Virginia Division of Natural ResourcesWhen gophers are busiest in West Virginia
Mole tunneling peaks in moist spring and fall soil.
No pocket gophers occur in West Virginia.
Rules that apply in West Virginia
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: West Virginia Division of Natural Resources; 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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