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Tick risk in Jersey County, Illinois
Jersey County covers 17 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 Jersey County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Jersey County runs from Elsah (moderate) at the high end to Otterville (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 9% to 86%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
Tick species in Jersey County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Jersey 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 Jersey County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Jersey County, IL
Professional tick control across Jersey 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 Jersey County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Jersey County?
Most Jersey 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 Jersey County
Which towns in Jersey County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Elsah carries the highest modeled tick risk in Jersey County, followed by Grafton, Rosedale, Quarry, Elsah. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Jersey County ranges from 9% to 86%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Otterville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Jersey County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Jersey County: Deer tick, American dog tick, Lone star 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 Jersey County?
CDC reports too few cases in Jersey 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 Jersey County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.