Your Inspection Report

What the pest lines on a Salt Lake County report mean, what inspectors cite most across thousands of public reports (in aggregate, never by name), what comes back, and what fixes it.

• How to Read the Pest Lines on a Salt Lake County Inspection Report

  The columns on a county report, what the score and rank mean in the county's own words, the asterisks, follow-ups and the fee, and how to turn a pest line into a work order.

• Dead Pests Are Their Own Line: Why a Working Treatment Can Still Be Cited

  Removing dead or trapped pests is a requirement on its own, separate from controlling them. A bait treatment that is working leaves exactly what gets cited. The fix is a cleanup routine, written down.

• What Salt Lake County Inspectors Actually Cite for Pests

  Across 8,378 routine inspections in two years, about one in six carried a pest-related line. Most were about openings, not infestations. The critical ones were flies, cockroaches and store-bought pesticide.

• What Comes Back: Repeat Pest Findings at the Next Inspection

  After a pest line, about one in three of the next routine inspections within a year carried one too; the county-wide baseline is one in seven. Three in ten follow-up inspections still carried a pest line.

• Is There a Pest Season? Month by Month in Salt Lake County Inspections

  The share of inspections with a pest line barely moves through the year. The one clear season is flies in August and September. The data do not show a fall mouse peak, so this page does not claim one.

• Pest Lines, the Score and the Follow-Up Inspection

  Inspections with a pest line averaged 32 points against 18 without; a follow-up came within 60 days three to seven times as often. Pest lines travel with other problems, and the critical ones bring the inspector back.