Tick risk in Barbour County, Alabama
Barbour County covers 6 towns. CDC reports too few cases here to publish a county Lyme rate, but each town still has a daily score built from local weather, habitat, and season. Pick your town below for today's reading.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Barbour County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Barbour County runs from Blue Springs (moderate) at the high end to Louisville (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 64% to 80%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Blue SpringsModerate risk
- ClaytonModerate risk
- EufaulaModerate risk
- BakerhillModerate risk
- ClioModerate risk
Tick species in Barbour County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickEstablished
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Barbour County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
No CDC tick-testing records for Barbour County. That is a surveillance gap, not a sign these diseases are absent. Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the region.
Tick control in Barbour County, AL
Professional tick control across Barbour County usually means a barrier treatment along the lawn edge, leaf litter, stone walls, and shady borders where ticks wait for a host, applied two to four times a season by a licensed pest control company. It is the single most effective way to cut tick numbers in the part of the yard your family actually uses, and it matters most in Barbour County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Barbour County?
Most Barbour County homeowners pay about $100 to $200 per visit for professional tick spraying, or roughly $350 to $600 for a full season of barrier treatments, depending on lot size and how wooded the property is. Quotes are free, so it costs nothing to get a real number for your yard.
From a vetted local tick exterminator serving Barbour County. No cost, no obligation.
Common questions about ticks in Barbour County
Which towns in Barbour County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Blue Springs carries the highest modeled tick risk in Barbour County, followed by Clayton, Eufaula, Bakerhill, Clio. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Barbour County ranges from 64% to 80%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Louisville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Barbour County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Barbour County: Deer tick, American dog tick, Gulf Coast tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease. "Not established" for a species means there is no CDC surveillance record for the county, not that the tick is absent.
Is Lyme disease common in Barbour County?
CDC reports too few cases in Barbour County to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties, and typical this far south. That does not mean the risk is zero: the lone star tick, not Lyme, is the bigger local concern.
All towns in Barbour County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.