Around Colorado
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local mole information
Mole control in Colorado
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Moles in Colorado: what to know
What to note
Where you see moles, 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
Moles in Colorado: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which moles actually live in Colorado, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Just one species of mole in Colorado, the eastern mole
Mole species
It is restricted to the eastern plains.
Colorado Parks and WildlifeSand hills, sandy flood plains, fields, lawns, cemeteries and golf courses of eastern Colorado
Where they occur
Colorado's mountains and western slope are outside the eastern mole's range.
Colorado Parks and WildlifeAbout six inches long including the short tail
Adult size
Velvety grayish fur, no neck, tiny eyes and ears, spade-like front feet.
Colorado Parks and WildlifeMole species recorded in Colorado
- Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) — Range across most of the eastern U.S. to Wyoming and Colorado; the only mole in Missouri.
When moles are busiest in Colorado
Breeding late winter, young in March or April.
Most burrowing complaints west of the eastern plains in Colorado involve pocket gophers or voles rather than moles.
Rules that apply in Colorado
For context, nationally
- 7 — Mole species in North America. Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
- Up to 150 feet — New tunnel per day. Virginia Cooperative Extension (Virginia Tech)
Sources: Colorado Parks and Wildlife; Moles; Virginia Cooperative Extension (Virginia Tech). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
