Inside the metros we cover sit 68 Georgia counties. Every one has a page here — its pest pressure, its place in its metro, and the services that reach it.
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Coverage in Georgia is organised county by county: 68 of them, roughly 22,472 square miles in all, tied to the Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Columbus, Macon, Gainesville metro areas. That is the scale pest services actually run at — state licensing above, county and metro routes below — so each county below gets its own page: its pest pressure, its position in its metro, and the guides that serve it.
Read down the list and the pattern is geographic: the counties nearest a metro core carry its density problems, the outer counties carry the edge-of-development ones — new subdivisions against farmland and woodland — and every county page on this index sets out which pattern applies there, and why.
By land, the covered counties run from Burke County (827 sq mi), Worth County (571 sq mi), Fulton County (527 sq mi) down to Clarke County at about 119 square miles. The metros anchoring coverage are Atlanta (metro population 6,482,182; 29 covered counties in Georgia); Augusta (metro population 641,231; 5 covered counties in Georgia); Savannah (metro population 438,314; 3 covered counties in Georgia); Columbus (metro population 324,830; 6 covered counties in Georgia); Macon (metro population 238,553; 5 covered counties in Georgia); Gainesville (metro population 226,568; 1 covered county in Georgia); Athens (metro population 224,148; 4 covered counties in Georgia); Warner Robins (metro population 208,091; 2 covered counties in Georgia); Valdosta (metro population 153,276; 4 covered counties in Georgia); Dalton (metro population 147,819; 2 covered counties in Georgia); Albany (metro population 145,510; 4 covered counties in Georgia). That is the arithmetic the county pages below work from: a county's size decides how spread out the addresses are, its metro decides the pest calendar, and neither number means much without the other.
The state's pest calendar is anchored by its largest metro, Atlanta: about 50 inches of precipitation a year, an average temperature near 64°F, roughly 47 days at 90°F or above and 36 days at or below freezing. Every county in this index lives inside that weather pattern, adjusted by its own distance from the metro core.
The pest signature across Georgia runs through gulf humid country, and the names that recur on county pages statewide are subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes. The largest covered county in the state is Burke County at about 827 square miles, served through the Augusta metro. For metro-level guides, see the Georgia state page.
The communities county residents actually name: Atlanta (about 499,287 residents), Columbus (about 204,383 residents), Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance) (about 201,504 residents), Macon-Bibb County (about 156,543 residents), Savannah (about 147,546 residents), Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) (about 126,987 residents) are among the largest covered places in the state, and every one of them routes through the county pages above — find the community on its county page for the local reading.
Atlanta — a metro of 6,482,182 across 29 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the standing pattern where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Augusta — 641,231 residents, 7 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Savannah — about 438,314 residents across 3 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and mosquitoes, in a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Columbus — about 324,830 residents across 7 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and mosquitoes, in a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Macon — 238,553 residents, 5 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Gainesville — 226,568 residents, 1 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Athens — a metro of 224,148 across 4 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the standing pattern where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
Warner Robins — 208,091 residents, 2 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.
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