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This study aims to assess retrospective surveillance data for vector abundance, vector infection rates, and human vector-borne disease reports to examine the relationship between vector factors and human risk. Vector abundance and pathogen infection rates were mapped alongside the presence and incidence of key vector-borne diseases. Mosquito surveillance and mosquito-borne disease data were available from 2012 to 2024, while tick surveillance and tick-borne disease data were available from 2021 to 2024. Statistical models and comparative tests were used to explore associations between vector factors and disease reports. In the full 2012\u20132024 dataset, only Culex tarsalis abundance was associated with human WNV case counts. In a contemporary subset (2021\u20132024), Culex pipiens pooled infection rate showed a significant negative association with human cases, although this relationship was not observed in the full dataset. 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