Professional Gutter Cleaning in Farmington, NM

While Farmington receives only 8 inches of annual rainfall (one of New Mexico's driest cities), gutter maintenance remains critical. Our Four Corners high desert environment creates steady debris accumulation requiring management for monsoon season preparedness.

High Desert Dust Infiltration

Farmington sits on the Colorado Plateau surrounded by exposed high desert terrain. Persistent winds carry fine dust from surrounding mesas, arroyos, and undeveloped land. This settles in gutters year-round, accumulating to depths of 1-2 inches between cleanings.

When wetted by occasional spring rains or summer monsoons, this dust forms dense mud that drastically reduces flow capacity. What appears to be minimal dry accumulation becomes near-solid blockages during storms. This material also accelerates corrosion in aluminum gutters, especially where it traps moisture against metal surfaces.

Cottonwood Seed Events

Farmington's mature cottonwood population along the San Juan River corridor and throughout older neighborhoods creates dramatic late-spring seed releases. For 2-3 weeks (typically late May through early June), cottonwood "cotton" accumulates rapidly in gutters—often filling them completely.

This fluffy material becomes a dense mat when wet, creating complete blockages. Properties with or near cottonwoods require cleaning immediately after seed season and before monsoons begin. Missing this window guarantees overflow problems during July-September storms.

Russian Thistle & Mesa Debris

Russian thistle (tumbleweed) fragments blow into Farmington neighborhoods from surrounding high desert terrain, especially during fall and winter. Pieces lodge in gutters and create substantial blockages. Combined with juniper and pinon debris from nearby mesas and occasional elm/ash material from landscaping, accumulation is steady.

Even in drought conditions, this organic material builds over months. When July monsoons arrive, it swells and creates clogs at downspout outlets—the worst possible timing for our most intense rainfall events.

Pre-Monsoon Cleaning Critical

June cleaning before monsoon season is essential in Farmington. Our July-September monsoon flash floods produce the year's most intense rainfall. A single cell can exceed 0.5-1 inch in under an hour—far beyond what partially clogged gutters can handle with our minimal annual precipitation and sudden storm intensity.

We routinely see monsoon overflow damage that could have been prevented with pre-season cleaning. Water sheeting over gutters saturates foundations in our clay-heavy soil that doesn't drain efficiently, leading to expensive structural issues in our low-humidity environment where homeowners aren't accustomed to water management concerns.