Clearlake, CA Emergency Mobile Kitchen Rentals and Dishwashing Trailers

Operations around Clearlake that cannot pause food service can lease a mobile commercial kitchen for a week, a month or the length of a long renovation. Lakeport is only 16 miles away, with about 5,104 residents, and Cloverdale about 23 miles, so a project that spans them can share one kitchen plan.

Match the trailer to the menu: the 40ft Mobile Combo Kitchen for a focused cooking line, the 38ft Mobile Kitchen for more production room, and the 40ft Mobile Kitchen where bulk cooking or a walk-in cooler matters. Power requirements are shown on every page.

Pair the kitchen with dishwashing. The 38ft High-Temp Conveyor Dishwashing Trailer lists conveyor-type high-temperature dishwasher, a three-compartment sink and a handwashing sink, on 220V, single phase, 300A. Warewashing needs the same hot water and drain plan in Healdsburg, 26 miles from here, as it does here.

Refrigeration is an emergency. When a walk-in cooler or freezer breaks down in Clearlake, stock starts to warm immediately, so an emergency refrigerated trailer such as the 20ft MT Refrigerated Trailer gives product somewhere cold to go. In Williams, where Colusa County has 17 federal declarations on record, the call for emergency refrigeration begins the same way.

Climate normals for Lake County run from an average January low of 36°F to an average July high of 89°F, with roughly 46 inches of precipitation yearly. Frequent rain makes ground conditions the main delivery question, more than distance or trailer length.

Kitchen requests in Clearlake tend to fall into a few groups: nursing homes, hotels, school districts and municipal agencies. Our industry pages explain what each group usually needs and how a rental is planned around it. Windsor (about 25,846 residents) and St. Helena (about 5,257 residents) each have their own mix of hospitals, schools and plants, but the reasons they rent line up.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services counts 2 hospitals in Lake County, all critical access: Adventist Health Clearlake and Sutter Lakeside Hospital. The county also has 3 nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid, with about 270 beds. Public schools here number 41, enrolling about 10,151 students, with Konocti Unified, Kelseyville Unified and Middletown Unified among the larger districts (NCES).

• Nursing Home and Assisted Living Kitchen Rentals: equipment failure in an older kitchen that cannot be repaired quickly
• Hotel and Resort Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: kitchen remodeling during or around peak season
• School Cafeteria Kitchen Rentals During Renovation: summer cafeteria renovations that run late
• Municipal and Public Institution Kitchen Trailer Rentals: senior-nutrition and community meal programs that cannot pause

Sources: OpenFEMA (retrieved October 30, 2026); NOAA Storm Events, NIFC fire perimeters, NOAA nClimDiv normals, CMS provider data and NCES school data (retrieved October 31, 2026). Public records for an area or a project, not damage reports or work we did.

With about 16,636 residents (2024 estimate), Clearlake ranks 320th among 475 covered places in California. It covers about 10.1 square miles of Lake County. Across Lake County's 1,255 square miles, 2 places are covered here, together about 21,740 residents, with Clearlake the largest. That works out to about 1,642 residents per square mile. In a straight line, Clearlake sits about 68 miles from Sacramento, the capital of California. Windsor is the closest larger covered place, roughly 30 straight-line miles from Clearlake.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer 2024 and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distances are straight-line estimates, not driving distances.

A shared kitchen need can span several communities. The nearest places to Clearlake are listed with their straight-line distance; road distance and delivery time will differ.

• Lakeport, CA: about 16 miles from Clearlake, about 5,104 residents
• Cloverdale, CA: about 23 miles from Clearlake, about 8,784 residents
• Calistoga, CA: about 26 miles from Clearlake, about 5,022 residents
• Healdsburg, CA: about 26 miles from Clearlake, about 11,231 residents
• Williams, CA: about 30 miles from Clearlake, about 5,598 residents
• Windsor, CA: about 30 miles from Clearlake, about 25,846 residents

Sites near Ukiah and Santa Rosa start from this same list, then adjust for their own pad, power and permits.

• Pad and access: a level area, a clear approach for the trailer length and room for food deliveries.
• Power: check the panel and service against the trailer's listed requirement before anything is scheduled.
• Water: arrange a potable water supply and a hookup point within reach of the trailer.

The site planning guides cover each of these items in more depth.

The nearest California counties to Clearlake are Colusa County (26 miles), Sonoma County (34 miles) and Napa County (35 miles).

• Colusa County: about 26 miles from Clearlake, 17 FEMA declarations since records began, 1 hospital listed by CMS
• Sonoma County: about 34 miles from Clearlake, 34 FEMA declarations since records began, 7 hospitals listed by CMS
• Napa County: about 35 miles from Clearlake, 37 FEMA declarations since records began, 3 hospitals listed by CMS

Plan the kitchen first; everything else is sized around mobile kitchens in Clearlake. Crews on a long or remote job can add restroom trailer rentals, such as the Standalone Restroom Trailer, or remote workforce housing with multi-use crew support trailers, such as the Office, Sleeper, Shower and Restroom Trailer. Each model page lists its equipment and power, and we quote them on request.