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Tick risk in Cumberland County, Illinois
Cumberland County covers 12 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 Cumberland County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Cumberland County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Cumberland County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Cumberland County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Cumberland County, IL
Professional tick control across Cumberland 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 Cumberland County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Cumberland County?
Most Cumberland 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 Cumberland County
Which towns in Cumberland County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Greenup carries the highest modeled tick risk in Cumberland County, followed by Woodbury, Jewett, Greenup, Toledo. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Cumberland County ranges from 17% to 52%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Neoga sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Cumberland County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Cumberland County: American dog tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease in the Northeast. "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 Cumberland County?
CDC reports too few cases in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.