Delivery truck parked beside a customer's propane tank

Christian Valley, Placer County

Propane delivery in Christian Valley

Yes, American River Gas delivers propane to Christian Valley, about 7 miles and 10 minutes from our yard on Ophir Road in Newcastle. This is ranchette country off Dry Creek Road, where most homes sit on acreage beyond the natural gas main and rely on propane for heat, hot water and cooking.

Updated October 2026 · American River Gas office, Newcastle

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By the numbers

Propane in Christian Valley

3,441households heat with propane (ZCTA 95602 (Christian Valley, North Auburn, Bowman and Lake of the Pines))

45.3%of homes in the area heat with propane

7.3 mifrom our Ophir Road yard, about 10 min

Placercounty

Christian Valley has no Census place of its own; these figures are for the whole 95602 ZIP area it sits in.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, table B25040 (House Heating Fuel). Drive distance: OSRM route from 10290 Ophir Rd.

Ranchettes, seasonal creeks and a lot of propane

Christian Valley sits in the hills northeast of Auburn at roughly 1,500 feet, reached by Christian Valley Road off Dry Creek Road. Lots here commonly run from one to several acres, with horses, a barn, a seasonal creek and a long gravel or paved drive. Gas mains were never built out across ground like that.

Christian Valley is not a Census place, so the closest figure is its ZIP area. Across 95602, 3,441 of 7,597 households heat with propane, about 45%, while only 23% use utility gas. The gas-served homes in that ZIP cluster closer to Highway 49, which leaves the valley's rural lanes to propane.

Residential propane tank set on a lawn under an oak tree

Getting a truck down a Christian Valley drive

Our delivery hose reaches 120 feet, which covers most tank placements. What slows a fill is a locked gate, a loose dog or an oak limb hanging low over the drive. Send us the gate code and trim branches to truck height, and every delivery goes smoothly.

Keep Full suits households that heat with propane all winter. We schedule fills from the weather and your usage history, so you never have to watch the gauge.
If you order your own deliveries, call when the gauge reads about 30% and we usually deliver within a week on the route day.

Barns, arenas and outbuildings

A lot of Christian Valley properties have more than one building to feed. We install underground gas lines to barns, guest units, shops and pool heaters, and we handle appliance conversions when you swap a range or water heater from natural gas to propane. Every new system gets a pressure test before we fill it.

Tank size follows the load. A home that heats, cooks and warms a pool needs more storage than one that only runs a range. You can lease a tank from us or own your own; either way we inspect it, set it level on a proper base and keep it filled.

American River Gas driver filling a residential propane tank

Ready for a shutoff

Christian Valley was named in PG&E's Placer County list for the Public Safety Power Shutoff of October 23, 2019. Without power, a property on a private well loses water as well as lights. Keep Full automatic delivery keeps the tank topped up ahead of fire season, and a propane fireplace or wall heater still heats the house with the power off.

CAL FIRE maps fire hazard severity zones across these foothills. Look up your parcel on Placer County's fire hazard map and keep dry grass cleared well back from the tank.

Cylinder refills and new accounts

For grill and RV cylinders, drive the ten minutes to our dispenser at 10290 Ophir Road. It is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 to 4:30, closed for lunch from noon to 1:00.

Buying in the valley? Find out before closing whether the tank is leased or owned. We will fill a tank you own or set one of ours, after a leak check. If you ever smell gas, get everyone outside first, then call 911 and our office from a safe distance.