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Tick risk in Mendocino County, California
Mendocino County covers 9 towns and carries the 1st-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of California's 57 counties, with a Lyme rate of 6 cases per 100,000 people a year (0th of 0 counties in the West). Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Mendocino County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Mendocino County runs from Brooktrails (moderate) at the high end to Fort Bragg (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 20% to 92%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- BrooktrailsModerate risk
- LaytonvilleModerate risk
- BoonvilleModerate risk
- Redwood ValleyModerate risk
- Point ArenaModerate risk
Tick species in Mendocino County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Mendocino 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 Mendocino 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 Mendocino County, CA
Professional tick control across Mendocino 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 Mendocino County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Mendocino County?
Most Mendocino 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 Mendocino County
Which towns in Mendocino County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Brooktrails carries the highest modeled tick risk in Mendocino County, followed by Laytonville, Boonville, Redwood Valley, Point Arena. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Mendocino County ranges from 20% to 92%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Fort Bragg sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Mendocino County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Mendocino 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 Mendocino County?
Mendocino County reports about 6 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 1st-highest of California's 57 counties. Lyme is the dominant blacklegged-tick disease, so TickZone uses this county rate as the disease baseline behind every town's score.
All towns in Mendocino County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.