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Tick risk in Ouray County, Colorado
Ouray County covers 2 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 Ouray County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Ouray 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 Ouray 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 Ouray 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 Ouray County, CO
Professional tick control across Ouray 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 Ouray County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Ouray County?
Most Ouray 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 Ouray County
Which towns in Ouray County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Ouray carries the highest modeled tick risk in Ouray County, followed by Ridgway. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Ouray County ranges from 21% to 56%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Ridgway sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Ouray County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Ouray 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 Ouray County?
CDC reports too few cases in Ouray 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 Ouray County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.