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Ione, Amador County, and the Country Around It

We work out of 745 Preston Ave, on the western edge of Amador County where the Sierra foothills run down into the valley. That corner puts four counties inside a normal working drive.

Home Ground

Where JLS Is Based

Ione is the shop and Amador County is the patch. Everything else on this page is measured out from here.

Ione, CA 95640 745 Preston Ave — the yard, the trailer and the stone pile all start here. Base
Amador County Valley edge to up-country — the county we work in week in, week out. Covered

Ione and Amador County are home ground — every corridor below is within a working drive of the shop and we take calls from all of them, but how far we travel depends on the job, so ring (209) 283-9446 and ask about yours rather than guessing either way.

By Corridor

Four Counties, One Short Drive Apart

Ione sits where Highway 104, Highway 124 and the Mokelumne all meet up, which is why the map around it reaches further than a town-by-town list suggests. Here is the ground as a local would describe it, rather than as an alphabet.

Amador County

Home county

Everything inside the county line. Martell, Jackson and Sutter Creek are a straight run east on Highway 104 and Highway 49; Amador City, Drytown, Plymouth, Fiddletown and River Pines carry on north up the 49; Pine Grove, Volcano, Pioneer and Buckhorn are the up-country, climbing Highway 88 into the pines; and Camanche is back down at the water on the county’s south-west corner.

  • Ione base
  • Jackson
  • Sutter Creek
  • Amador City
  • Plymouth
  • Martell
  • Drytown
  • Pine Grove
  • Volcano
  • Fiddletown
  • River Pines
  • Pioneer
  • Buckhorn
  • Camanche north shore

Sacramento County

West · toward Sacramento

Out of Ione on Highway 104 and across Highway 16, where the foothills flatten into ranch and vineyard country. Herald and Wilton come first, Rancho Murieta and Sloughhouse sit along the Cosumnes, and Galt and Elk Grove are out past the 99 on the valley floor.

  • Herald
  • Rancho Murieta
  • Sloughhouse
  • Wilton
  • Galt
  • Elk Grove

San Joaquin County

South-west · down the Mokelumne

Highway 88 leaves the county south-west and follows the river down onto the flat. Clements and Lockeford are the first two off the hill, then Lodi and Linden in among the vines and the walnuts.

  • Clements
  • Lockeford
  • Lodi
  • Linden

Calaveras County

South · across the Mokelumne

Over the river on Highway 12 and Highway 26. Valley Springs, Burson, Wallace and Jenny Lind sit in the low oak and grass country on the far bank; Mokelumne Hill and San Andreas are back up on Highway 49, which is the same road and the same kind of ground as our end of it.

  • Valley Springs
  • Burson
  • Wallace
  • Jenny Lind
  • Mokelumne Hill
  • San Andreas

El Dorado County

North · up 49 and Latrobe Road

North past Plymouth, where Amador runs into El Dorado. Latrobe is the first one over the line on Latrobe Road, and Shingle Springs, Diamond Springs and Placerville follow on up Highway 49 toward the 50.

  • Latrobe
  • Shingle Springs
  • Diamond Springs
  • Placerville
Same Crew, Same Build

What Travels With Us

Wherever the job is, it is Jade quoting it and the same crew building it. Ten of the twelve have one of our own job photos next to them on the services page; the last two do not, and we say so there.

Built for This Ground

Foothill Yards Are Their Own Thing

Thin soil over rock, slopes that move water one way fast, long dry summers and wet winters. All three photos below were taken on jobs in this country.

Grey ranch home behind a new green-grey boulder retaining wall with gravel beds and young plantings, oak-studded foothills behind
Holding a Foothill GradeA boulder wall taking the fall out of a sloping front yard, with gravel beds and new planting above it.
Dry creek bed of hand-set cobble edged with green crushed rock running along an asphalt drive, beside graded decomposed granite
Somewhere for the Water to GoA cobble dry creek bed along a drive — the cheapest way to stop run-off choosing its own route.
Long low dry-stacked fieldstone wall in gold and rust stone curving along a driveway edge with a crushed-rock bed behind
Local Stone, Local ColourGold and rust foothill fieldstone, dry-stacked by hand, weathering in rather than standing out.
Outside everything listed here? Still worth a call on (209) 283-9446. A big build is worth a longer drive than a half-day repair, and we would rather tell you no on the phone than waste an afternoon of yours.
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11Job photos on this site
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