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Tick risk in Clear Creek County, Colorado
Clear Creek County covers 5 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 Clear Creek County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Clear Creek County runs from Floyd Hill (moderate) at the high end to Empire (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 31% to 87%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Floyd HillModerate risk
- Idaho SpringsModerate risk
- Silver PlumeModerate risk
- GeorgetownModerate risk
- EmpireModerate risk
Tick species in Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek County, CO
Professional tick control across Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Clear Creek County?
Most Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek County
Which towns in Clear Creek County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Floyd Hill carries the highest modeled tick risk in Clear Creek County, followed by Idaho Springs, Silver Plume, Georgetown, Empire. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Clear Creek County ranges from 31% to 87%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Empire sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Clear Creek County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek County?
CDC reports too few cases in Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.