Madera County, California
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Coarsegold, CA
A normal year in Coarsegold brings about 26 inches of rain; on roughly 10 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.2 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 0.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 16,200 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00041878, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Coarsegold ranks 126th for heavy-rain days of the 939 places in California on this site (9.5 a year). By house age it falls among the newest by median year built of the 938 places in California on this site (half built by 1993). The first frost here ranks 54th earliest for the first fall frost of the 507 places in California on this site (November 4).
When to clean gutters in Coarsegold
The first fall frost comes around November 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 24 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Coarsegold rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Coarsegold the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.42 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 6). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 2,110 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 4,210, by the rule in the Copper Development Association’s design handbook. Try your own roof in the gutter and downspout calculator, which starts from this figure.
The houses in Coarsegold
Half the homes in Coarsegold were built by 1993, 18% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit.
88% of households own their home, and 67% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in California
Ask any contractor working in Coarsegold what California requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
In California’s fire hazard severity zones, the 2025 Wildland-Urban Interface Code (in force January 1, 2026) requires gutters and downspouts of noncombustible material, and gutters fitted with an approved means to keep leaves and debris from collecting (section 504.4). (2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Chapter 5 (UpCodes))
Gutter work in Coarsegold
In a neighborhood with half its homes built by 1993, the usual calls are cleaning, guards and small repairs. The line takes all of it: