Adult Mosquito Control (Fogging) Schedule
Fogging is typically conducted in evenings from sunset to 2 and a half hours after sunset.
The Gem County Mosquito Abatement District is, first and foremost, a public health protection program and is designed to reduce and minimize the risk from mosquito-borne disease by managing mosquitoes. For this purpose, the district makes applications on private property to control mosquitoes. District technicians are trained to gain the best coverage. The district and its technicians are not custom applicators. It is district policy that all adult mosquito control service vehicles (foggers) must stay on an established road, lane, or driveway. Technicians are not allowed to drive through lawns, fields, and off of designated roadways. The practice of driving off of established roadways is hazardous and is not congruent with continuity of operational needs. The product applied to control adult mosquitoes spreads for significant distance naturally, is carried by the wind (with intention) for substantial distances and is considered a wide-area insecticide application. The vehicle is not required to pass through every area of a property to gain control, as the product has an established 300 foot swath width. Requests for custom applications off of roadways, lanes, and drives will not be entertained. In an effort to minimize repeated technician exposure to aerosolized insecticides, the technicians will not open and close gates or do anything that requires the technician to leave the vehicle cab. Driveways longer than 150 feet may be utilized to gain better coverage and driveway utilization is at the discretion of the technician making the application at that time. There are options to opt out of driveway usage. Thank you for your consideration.
| September 29, 2023 | No fogging is scheduled for tonight. |
| September 28, 2023 |
If wind and weather permits, areas targeted for fogging tonight include County Line Rd, Little Rock Rd, Brill Rd, Thornock Rd, W Hwy 52 between County Line and Bishop, Star Ln south of Hwy 52, Sales Yard Rd, Schiller Rd, Airport Rd south of Hwy 52, South Slope Rd east of Star Ln, Mill Rd, Boise Ave, John’s Ave, and Substation all south of Hwy 52, Wills Rd, Cherry Ln, Old Freezeout Rd, Hwy 52 between Mill and Boise Ave, and other streets and lanes in those areas. |
| September 27, 2023 |
If wind and weather permits, areas targeted for fogging tonight include N Hwy 52, Westridge Ln, Montour Rd, Montour Main St, E Gatfield Rd, Sweet/ Ola Hwy, John Ln, Butte Rd, Darnell Ln, Kirkpatrick Rd, in Emmett: Dewey Rd, Bishop Rd, Valley View Ln, the Horsey Lanes, Bill Burns and the canal road between Bowman and Bishop, Bowman Rd, Brogan Rd, and other streets and lanes in those areas. |
| September 26, 2023 |
If wind and weather permits, areas targeted for fogging tonight include Black Canyon Hwy, Van Duesen Rd, Central Rd, Idaho Blvd, Gem Ave, UA Ave, Jackson Ave north of Idaho Blvd, Haw Creek Blvd, Hollywood Blvd, Lower Bluff Rd, Riverside St, Main St east of Substation, Quail Run Rd, S Plaza, S Substation Rd, John’s Ave between 12th St and 4th St, Hays St between 12th and 4th, 4th St east of Hays, Judo Ln, Heritage Place Park, 12th St east of Hays, Monta Vista Dr, Harvest Valley, Regency Way, Toll Brothers, Stone Dr, Villas at Crystal Creek, Carberry Elementary, Emmett Middle School, Cascade Rd, Star Ln north of Hwy 52, Union Ln, Airport Rd north of Hwy 52, Tyler Way, 12th St west of Mill Rd, Twin Buttes, Mill Rd north of Hwy 52, Hwy 52 between Mill Rd and Cascade Rd and other streets and lanes in those areas. |
| September 25, 2023 | If wind and weather permits, areas targeted for fogging tonight include N Plaza Rd, Fuller Rd, Frozen Dog Rd, Pleasant Valley Rd, Waterwheel Rd, E Locust St, Capitol Mobile RV Park, Main St between John’s and Substation, Butte View Elementary, Shadow Butte, Sunset Dr, Edgemont Rd, Geneva Way, Jackson Ave south of Idaho Blvd, Pioner Ave south of Sunset, the Island, Tom’s Cabin Rd, W South Slope between the new bridge and Star Ln, Vanderdasson Rd, Morehouse Rd, W Hwy 52 between Cascade Rd and Morehouse Rd, Letha, and other streets and lanes in those areas. |
| September 22, 2023 |
If wind and weather permits, areas targeted for fogging tonight include N Hwy 52, Westridge Ln, Montour Rd, Montour Main St, E Gatfield Rd, Sweet/ Ola Hwy, Darnell Ln, John Ln, Butte Rd, Kirkpatrick Rd and other streets and lanes in those areas. |