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Tick risk in Dillingham County, Alaska
Dillingham County covers 7 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 Dillingham County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Dillingham County runs from Manokotak (low) at the high end to Dillingham (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 0% to 73%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- ManokotakLow risk
- Clark's PointLow risk
- TogiakLow risk
- AleknagikLow risk
- EkwokLow risk
Tick species in Dillingham County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Dillingham 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 Dillingham 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 Dillingham County, AK
Professional tick control across Dillingham 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 Dillingham County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Dillingham County?
Most Dillingham 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.
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Common questions about ticks in Dillingham County
Which towns in Dillingham County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Manokotak carries the highest modeled tick risk in Dillingham County, followed by Clark's Point, Togiak, Aleknagik, Ekwok. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Dillingham County ranges from 0% to 73%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Dillingham sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Dillingham County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Dillingham County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the west. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.
Is Lyme disease common in Dillingham County?
CDC reports too few cases in Dillingham County to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties. That does not mean the risk is zero: Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the Northeast.
All towns in Dillingham County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.