Gopher Problems Near Brea — Carbon Canyon, Puente Hills, and Golf Courses

Brea occupies a unique position at the junction of the Puente Hills and the Carbon Canyon corridor, with natural open space forming its eastern and northern boundaries. Carbon Canyon Regional Park, the Puente Hills Landfill Wildlife Sanctuary, and the undeveloped canyon terrain surrounding the city create a natural gopher pressure corridor that affects residential neighborhoods throughout eastern and northern Brea. Combined with Brea Creek Golf Course and the city's established residential landscaping, gopher activity is widespread across much of the city.

The Main Gopher Sources in Brea

Carbon Canyon Regional Park sits directly on Brea's eastern border, preserving 124 acres of natural terrain including a redwood grove, native oak woodland, and riparian habitat along Carbon Canyon Creek. The park's undisturbed natural terrain sustains gopher populations that push westward into the adjacent Brea residential neighborhoods along Carbon Canyon Road and the hillside communities in eastern Brea. Carbon Canyon also connects to the Chino Hills State Park system to the east, creating a continuous natural gopher habitat corridor along Brea's entire eastern edge.

Puente Hills — the prominent ridgeline forming Brea's northern and northwestern boundary — contains significant undeveloped natural terrain including the Puente Hills Preserve and the Puente Hills Landfill Wildlife Sanctuary. The grassland and coastal sage habitat on the Puente Hills slopes sustains natural gopher populations that push downhill into the residential neighborhoods along the hills' southern face. Properties in northern Brea along Birch Street, Imperial Highway, and the hillside subdivisions below the Puente Hills ridge experience sustained pressure from this source.

Brea Creek Golf Course maintains irrigated fairways in central Brea, providing the same golf course gopher reservoir dynamic seen throughout the county. The surrounding residential streets see consistent activity from the course's established populations year-round.

Olinda Ranch development and Olinda Oil Field area in northeastern Brea features a mix of newer residential development, undeveloped terrain, and the legacy open space of the former oil field. This transitional terrain between urban development and natural open space is productive gopher habitat that affects the newer residential communities in this part of the city.

Service Areas Near Brea

• Gopher Control in Fullerton — Cal State Fullerton and Coyote Hills
• Gopher Control in Yorba Linda — Chino Hills border and horse properties
• Gopher Control in Anaheim Hills — Weir Canyon and golf course
• Mole Control in Brea

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Call 909-599-4711 to schedule gopher control in Brea. We serve all neighborhoods including hillside areas near Carbon Canyon and the Puente Hills.