Tick risk in De Witt County, Illinois
De Witt County covers 7 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 De Witt County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across De Witt County runs from Waynesville (moderate) at the high end to Wapella (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 14% to 45%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- WaynesvilleModerate risk
- WeldonLow risk
- KenneyLow risk
- De WittLow risk
- ClintonLow risk
Tick species in De Witt County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for De Witt 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 De Witt 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 De Witt County, IL
Professional tick control across De Witt 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 De Witt County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in De Witt County?
Most De Witt 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 De Witt County
Which towns in De Witt County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Waynesville carries the highest modeled tick risk in De Witt County, followed by Weldon, Kenney, De Witt, Clinton. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across De Witt County ranges from 14% to 45%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Wapella sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in De Witt County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in De Witt County: Deer tick, 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 De Witt County?
CDC reports too few cases in De Witt 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 De Witt County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.