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Tree Removal in Garden Valley, CA

Yes, we serve Garden Valley. Call us now at (530) 423-3128. We'll find a local tree pro willing to come up the hill and look at your trees.

Tell us your road and how the driveway is. That helps us find the right person.

Garden Valley at a glance

Garden Valley used to be called Johntown, after a sailor who found gold there. It sits on Johntown Creek, 6.25 miles north-northwest of Chili Bar, at 1,949 feet. James Marshall, the man who found gold at Sutter's Mill, was a regular visitor.

One local quirk is worth knowing before any tree or dirt work. The soil here has a lot of asbestos in it. The roads were paved in 1986 partly to keep the dust down. So ask your pro how they handle dust when grinding stumps or moving dirt.

Garden Valley Fire

Garden Valley has its own fire district, the Garden Valley Fire Protection District. A few facts from the district:

• It covers 60 square miles and about 8,100 people.
• It runs 3 stations, 1 staffed and 2 volunteer.
• Its headquarters is at 4860 Marshall Road.
• Its land runs from grassy oak woodland up to pine-covered ridges, between the middle and south forks of the American River.
• Its southern edge looks down over the Coloma gold discovery park.

That spread from oak to pine matters for trees. Lower down, it's mostly oak and grass. Up on the ridges, it's pine. Each one has its own problems.

Oak ground vs pine ridge

On oak ground:

• Watch for big dead limbs over the house and the driveway.
• Keep dry grass mowed short under the trees.
• Check the county oak rules before an oak comes out.

Up on the ridges:

• Watch pines for yellow needles, sap blobs and boring dust.
• Thin crowded pines so beetles have a harder time.
• Limb up the pines so a fire can't climb in.

Garden Valley is unincorporated, so the county's Chapter 8.09 fire rule applies. That puts 100 feet of clearing around each home and outbuilding.

Getting ready for the visit

• Wet down the work area if the ground is dry and dusty.
• Mark any buried water lines.
• Say whether your place is in the oak grassland or up on a ridge.
• Tell us if the road in is narrow or steep.

Black Oak Mine Unified is the school district here. If a tree job will block a road, plan around the school bus times.

What removal runs around here in Garden Valley

For a pine on the ridge, HomeGuide lists $250 to $1,600. An oak runs $300 to $2,500 in the same guide.

For stump grinding, HomeGuide's range is $120 to $400 for the first stump. With the asbestos soil, ask if dust control adds anything to the price. Better to know that up front than get a surprise on the bill.

Several trees on one visit can bring the per-tree price down 10% to 25%, HomeGuide says.

Nearby towns

See Coloma, Lotus, Gold Hill and Diamond Springs. For stumps, read stump grinding. Or see every town we cover.