[1] Townsend's ground squirrel is found only in Washington in the United States.

[1][2] Less than 10% of the native habitat of the Townsend's ground squirrel remains.

Its native habitat was shrubsteppe, grasslands, and sagebrush at the edges of forest.

[3] It now also occurs in habitats modified by humans, such as orchards, pastures, and abandoned fields.

[4] Colonies of Townsend's ground squirrel are fragmented and isolated.