Calaveras County, California
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Murphys, CA
Murphys gets about 30 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 9 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 15.9 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 0.4. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 18,400 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00046174, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Murphys ranks 144th for heavy-rain days of the 939 places in California on this site (9.3 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 938 places in California on this site (half built by 1979). By its first fall frost it sits among the latest for the first fall frost of the 507 places in California on this site (December 11).
When to clean gutters in Murphys
The first fall frost comes around December 11 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around February 20 (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 Murphys rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Murphys the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 3.07 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 6). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 2,350 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 4,690, 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 Murphys
Half the homes in Murphys were built by 1979, 52% 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. On a house built before 1978, replacing more than 20 square feet of painted fascia or trim falls under the EPA’s lead-safe rule, so ask whether the crew is certified.
67% of households own their home, and 74% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in California
Ask any contractor working in Murphys 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 Murphys
With half the homes built by 1979, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: