jackson county vector control district
555 MOSQUITO LANE
Telephone (541) 826-2199		 CENTRAL POINT,
(541) 779-6460		 OREGON 97502
Fax (541) 826-8553

Mosquito Control

The District provides mosquito control for all residents in Jackson County paid for solely by property taxes.

A catalog of close to 1,000 sources is maintained and all breeding sites are treated with larvicides as needed. A summer crew consisting of three operators using back-pack sprayers and three operators using ATV’s are available for this purpose. Sources are treated on a weekly basis with one or more of the following materials.

  1. Altosid ALL - an insect growth regulator.
  2. Teknar HPD - a highly selective biological larvicide.
  3. Golden Bear 1111 - a mosquito larvicide oil.
mosquito Control

For adult mosquito problems a crew of four operators using truck-mounted ULV equipment respond to requests for around the home or neighborhood spraying. The District receives from 2,000 to 4,000 requests for mosquito control yearly. Materials used are as follows.

  1. Anvil 10+10 ULV - a synthetic pyrethroid.
  2. Pyrenone Crop Spry - a natural material made from the refined extract of the pyrethrum flower.
Mosquito Control

Mosquito Control Adulticides Excerpts From Three Recent Reports

Mosquito Control Chemical Guide (2003 Report) 2003 WNV Response Plan Oregon Department of Health Services "When the risk of human disease is present, the only method that will reduce the population of WNV-infected mosquitoes throughout a community is adulticiding."

Surveillance for Acute Insecticide-Related Illness Associated with Mosquito Control Efforts - Nine States, 1999-2002. (2003 Report) Centers For Disease Control (CDC) "The findings in this report indicate that serious adverse outcomes potentially related to public health insecticide application were uncommon. When administered properly in a mosquito-control program, insecticides pose a low risk for acute, temporary health effects among persons in areas that are being sprayed."

Synthetic Pyrethroids For Mosquito Control. (2002 Report) Office of Pesticide Programs United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "Q. Do Pyrethroids Pose Risks to Human Health? A. Pyrethroids can be used for public health mosquito control programs without posing unreasonable risks to human health when applied according to label. Q. Do Pyrethroids Pose Risks to Wildlife or the Environment? A. Pyrethroids used in mosquito control programs do not pose unreasonable risks to wildlife or the environment. Pyrethroids, when applied at mosquito control rates, are low in toxicity to mammals, and practically nontoxic to birds. However, pyrethroids are toxic to fish and bees."

Large areas such as irrigated pastures may warrant the use of the District’s helicopter using Pyrenone Crop Spray.

mosquito control