Tick risk in Charlton County, Georgia
Charlton 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 Charlton County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Charlton County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickEstablished
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Charlton 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 Charlton 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 Charlton County, GA
Professional tick control across Charlton 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 Charlton County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Charlton County?
Most Charlton 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 Charlton County
Which towns in Charlton County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Homeland carries the highest modeled tick risk in Charlton County, followed by Folkston. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Charlton County ranges from 59% to 77%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Folkston sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Charlton County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Charlton County: Deer tick, Gulf Coast tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease. "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 Charlton County?
CDC reports too few cases in Charlton 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.
All towns in Charlton County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.