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Tick risk in Fulton County, Georgia

Fulton County covers 15 towns and carries the 1st-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Georgia's 159 counties, with a Lyme rate of 1 cases per 100,000 people a year (186th of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists American dog tick and Gulf Coast tick as established here. Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.

Highest and lowest tick risk in Fulton County

Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.

At the summer peak, tick risk across Fulton County runs from Mountain Park (moderate) at the high end to Hapeville (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 44% to 99%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Fulton County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

  • Deer tickReported
  • American dog tickEstablished
  • Lone star tickReported
  • Gulf Coast tickEstablished

Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Fulton 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 Fulton 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 Fulton County, GA

Professional tick control across Fulton 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 Fulton County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Fulton County?

Most Fulton 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 Fulton County

Which towns in Fulton County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Mountain Park carries the highest modeled tick risk in Fulton County, followed by Chattahoochee Hills, Sandy Springs, Palmetto, Milton. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Fulton County ranges from 44% to 99%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Hapeville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Fulton County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Fulton County: American dog 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 Fulton County?

Fulton County reports about 1 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 186th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 1st-highest of Georgia's 159 counties. Lyme is a smaller factor here than in the Northeast, but TickZone still uses this county rate as part of the disease baseline behind every town's score, alongside local lone-star tick pressure.

All towns in Fulton County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.