Local mole information

Mole control in Oklahoma

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Moles in Oklahoma: what to know

Around Oklahoma

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

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 Oklahoma: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which moles actually live in Oklahoma, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

Mole burrows are immediately below the ground and visible; gopher burrows are several inches deep and not visible

Mole versus pocket gopher

Oklahoma has both, and the control methods are different.

Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Moles are usually present in loose, loamy soils; gophers in sandy soils

Soil preference

Moles eat insects and earthworms and are beneficial animals.

Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Harpoon-style traps set over an active, visible burrow

What works

Check traps every day.

Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University

Mole species recorded in Oklahoma

Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) — Range across most of the eastern U.S. to Wyoming and Colorado; the only mole in Missouri.

Rules that apply in Oklahoma

Oklahoma Cooperative Extension NREM-9026

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: Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University; Moles; Virginia Cooperative Extension (Virginia Tech). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

Explore Oklahoma cities

Ardmore

Humid Subtropical · rural setting

Mole control in Oklahoma

Moles in Oklahoma: what to know

Around Oklahoma

What to note

A useful next step

Moles in Oklahoma: what the public record shows

Mole species recorded in Oklahoma

Rules that apply in Oklahoma

For context, nationally

Explore Oklahoma cities

Ardmore

Bartlesville

Broken Arrow

Edmond

Enid

Lawton

Midwest City

Moore

Muskogee

Norman

Oklahoma City

Owasso

Ponca City

Shawnee

Stillwater

Tulsa

Durant

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