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MAP: Mosquito fogging locations in the Valley

Posted at 6:03 PM, May 12, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-13 00:50:19-04

Efforts are already underway to maintain the mosquito population with fogging of specific Valley areas.

Officials decide to fog a quadrant for mosquitos requires one of two parameters to be met, according to the Maricopa County Environmental Services Department.:

  • Specially placed traps need to capture more than 300 mosquitos
  • Specially placed traps need to capture more than 30 Culex mosquitos (which have the ability to carry the West Nile Virus)

Take a look at the map below that shows the fogged areas in the Valley so far this year. The opacity of the square directly relates to how many foggings have occurred in 2016.