Gopher Problems Near Costa Mesa — Fairview Park, Golf Courses, and Back Bay Border

Costa Mesa is a compact city with a surprisingly active gopher situation driven by Fairview Regional Park, two golf courses, and the proximity to the Upper Newport Back Bay — one of the most significant natural reserves in coastal Orange County. The city's well-irrigated residential neighborhoods and the institutional grounds of Orange Coast College round out a diverse set of gopher pressure sources that affect communities throughout Costa Mesa.

The Main Gopher Sources in Costa Mesa

Fairview Regional Park covers 208 acres of maintained recreational facilities and natural habitat in the heart of Costa Mesa. The park includes athletic fields, community gardens, and significant sections of natural open space and riparian habitat along the Fairview Channel. The natural sections of the park sustain well-established gopher populations, and the irrigated athletic areas add managed turf pressure. Residential neighborhoods surrounding Fairview Park — along Harbor Boulevard, Placentia Avenue, and the streets bordering the park's perimeter — see consistent gopher activity driven by the park's diverse habitat.

Costa Mesa Golf Course and Driving Range is a public 36-hole facility with two courses and extensive irrigated fairways. Municipal golf courses in Orange County consistently develop high gopher densities, and the surrounding residential neighborhoods in the Eastside Costa Mesa and South Coast Metro areas see regular activity from the course's established populations.

Upper Newport Back Bay — the Newport Bay Ecological Reserve bordering Costa Mesa's southern and eastern edges — preserves over 1,000 acres of coastal estuary, upland, and bluff habitat. The Back Bay's upland sections, particularly the mesa terrain and coastal sage scrub areas, sustain natural gopher populations adjacent to the Eastside Costa Mesa residential neighborhoods bordering the reserve. Properties along the bluff above the Back Bay have some of the most direct adjacency to natural gopher terrain in the city.

Orange Coast College maintains a substantial campus with athletic fields, ornamental grounds, and maintained turf that functions as an institutional gopher reservoir for the surrounding neighborhoods in western Costa Mesa. The campus borders residential streets on multiple sides and sustains a consistent population year-round.

Service Areas Near Costa Mesa

• Gopher Control in Newport Beach — Back Bay and golf courses
• Gopher Control in Irvine — open space preserves
• Gopher Control in Huntington Beach — Bolsa Chica and Central Park
• Mole Control in Costa Mesa

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• Gopher Problems Near Huntington Beach and Bolsa Chica
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Call 909-599-4711 to schedule gopher control in Costa Mesa. We serve all neighborhoods including Eastside, Westside, and areas near Fairview Park and the Back Bay.