Tick risk in Baxter County, Arkansas
Baxter County covers 8 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 Baxter County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Baxter County runs from Big Flat (moderate) at the high end to Mountain Home (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 32% to 90%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Big FlatModerate risk
- GassvilleModerate risk
- BriarcliffModerate risk
- SalesvilleModerate risk
- LakeviewModerate risk
Tick species in Baxter County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Baxter 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 Baxter 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 Baxter County, AR
Professional tick control across Baxter 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 Baxter County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Baxter County?
Most Baxter 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 Baxter County
Which towns in Baxter County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Big Flat carries the highest modeled tick risk in Baxter County, followed by Gassville, Briarcliff, Salesville, Lakeview. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Baxter County ranges from 32% to 90%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Mountain Home sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Baxter County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Baxter County: Deer tick, American dog tick, Lone star tick. The lone star tick is the tick most responsible for human bites here, and its bite causes alpha-gal syndrome; the blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is a minor factor this far south. "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 Baxter County?
CDC reports too few cases in Baxter 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.
Does Baxter County have lone star ticks that cause alpha-gal syndrome?
Yes. The lone star tick is established in Baxter County and is the tick most responsible for human bites in the county. Its bite can trigger alpha-gal syndrome, a delayed allergy to red meat and other mammal products, along with ehrlichiosis and STARI. Learn the symptoms and what foods to avoid.
All towns in Baxter County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.