Yuma sits at about 140 feet on the Colorado River in Yuma County, the hottest and lowest city on this list, surrounded by irrigated farmland that grows most of the country's winter lettuce along with citrus and dates. River humidity, flood irrigated fields and crop residue keep pest pressure high nearly year round: American cockroaches through drains and along the canals, Turkestan roaches at the slab edge, flies from the fields and feedlots, mosquitoes along the river and irrigation ditches, Argentine and fire ants, and field mice moving into homes after every harvest. Desert subterranean termites are under everything on the wet soil.
Historic Downtown Yuma and the older neighborhoods off 4th Avenue and Avenue B are 1920s to 1960s homes, some adobe and brick, with mature trees, older plumbing and gaps at the roof line that roof rats and roaches use. The Foothills east of town on the Yuma Mesa and along I-8 are newer stucco subdivisions, RV parks and winter visitor housing that fills from October to April and sits empty through summer, which means bed bug inspections at move in, closed up house roach and rodent calls in fall, and summer vacant home programs. Bark scorpions are present but lighter than the Phoenix desert edge, heaviest on the rocky ground of the Foothills.
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, the Yuma Proving Ground and the produce packing and cold storage industry bring commercial accounts under Yuma County Public Health Services District inspection rules. Summer highs regularly above 110 degrees and a monsoon that arrives later and lighter than Phoenix drive the calls, led by roaches, ants, flies, termites and winter visitor turnover work.
Around Yuma
We regularly work near:
- 📍Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park
- 📍Colorado River and Gateway Park
- 📍Historic Downtown Yuma
- 📍Yuma Quartermaster Depot
- 📍Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
- 📍Yuma Foothills
Pest Control in Yuma — Local Notes
- •River humidity and flood irrigated farmland keep American cockroach, fly, mosquito and ant pressure high most of the year, so roach and drain programs run longer here than in the Phoenix metro.
- •Winter visitor homes and RV lots in the Foothills and along I-8 need summer vacant home programs and fall bed bug and roach inspections at move in.
- •Field mice and crickets move into homes bordering the lettuce, citrus and date farms after each harvest, and ground level exclusion at garage doors and plumbing is the fix.
- •Produce packing, cold storage and restaurant accounts run scheduled service with a log for Yuma County Public Health Services District inspections.