Tick risk in Henry County, Illinois
Henry County covers 14 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 Henry County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Henry County runs from Cleveland (moderate) at the high end to Annawan (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 5% to 52%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- ClevelandModerate risk
- ColonaLow risk
- Bishop HillLow risk
- AlphaLow risk
- KewaneeLow risk
Tick species in Henry 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 Henry 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 Henry 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 Henry County, IL
Professional tick control across Henry 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 Henry County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Henry County?
Most Henry 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 Henry County
Which towns in Henry County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Cleveland carries the highest modeled tick risk in Henry County, followed by Colona, Bishop Hill, Alpha, Kewanee. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Henry County ranges from 5% to 52%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Annawan sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Henry County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Henry 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 Henry County?
CDC reports too few cases in Henry 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 Henry County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.