Tick risk in Johnson County, Georgia
Johnson County covers 3 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 Johnson County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Johnson County runs from Adrian (moderate) at the high end to Wrightsville (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 61% to 79%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- AdrianModerate risk
- KiteModerate risk
- WrightsvilleModerate risk
Tick species in Johnson County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- 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 Johnson 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County, GA
Professional tick control across Johnson 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 Johnson County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Johnson County?
Most Johnson 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 Johnson County
Which towns in Johnson County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Adrian carries the highest modeled tick risk in Johnson County, followed by Kite, Wrightsville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Johnson County ranges from 61% to 79%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Wrightsville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Johnson County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Johnson County: Deer tick, 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 Johnson County?
CDC reports too few cases in Johnson 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 Johnson County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.