Around Oregon
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local snake information
Snake control in Oregon
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Snakes in Oregon: what to know
What to note
Where you see snakes, 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
Snakes in Oregon: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which snakes actually live in Oregon, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
15 species; only the western rattlesnake is venomous
Native snake species
Every other Oregon snake is harmless to people.
Oregon Department of Fish and WildlifeDeserts and chaparral through open forests, in rocky areas, cliff faces and fallen timber
Western rattlesnake habitat
It is an Oregon Conservation Strategy Species in the Willamette Valley.
Oregon Department of Fish and WildlifeDens on south-facing rocky hillsides exposed to sunshine
Overwintering
Those slopes are where fall and spring encounters cluster.
Oregon Department of Fish and WildlifeSnake species recorded in Oregon
- Western rattlesnake / Southern Pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus / C. helleri) — Two of California's nine rattlesnake species; the only venomous snakes of the Pacific Northwest.
When snakes are busiest in Oregon
Rattlesnakes overwinter in south-facing rocky dens and disperse to hunt in the warm months.
Only the western rattlesnake has venom dangerous to humans among Oregon's native snakes.
Rules that apply in Oregon
For context, nationally
Sources: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; CDC/NIOSH; Pest Notes: Rattlesnakes. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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