Thank You

Thank you for using 8-1-1!

You have taken an important first step to your excavation project.  The eleven digit serial number provided to you is confirmation that you have contacted 8-1-1 before starting your project.  Please keep this important number in a safe place until your project is complete. 

How do I know what's below?

In a day or two, each utility company with underground lines nearby will send a professional locator to your home to mark the approximate location of buried utilities with colored paint, flags, or chalk.  The color of the paint indicates the type of utility, as indicated in the Marking Color Code.  On the morning of the excavation (Friday if you are starting on the weekend), you will receive an email (if provided) that details what each utility company did to mark the location of their underground lines. 

  • "Marked" means you should see colored paint, flags, or chalk near the excavation site.
  • "Clear" means the utility company does not have underground lines nearby.

Please be aware that the utility companies may NOT mark customer owned lines, such as lighting, pool connections, sewer laterals, septic systems, wells, downspout lines, or invisible fences.  There are Private Unground Utility Locating Services who can provide this service.