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Tick risk in Jasper County, Indiana
Jasper County covers 4 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 15 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 19% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick, American dog tick, and Lone star tick as established here. Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Jasper County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Jasper County runs from DeMotte (moderate) at the high end to Remington (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 9% to 38%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- DeMotteModerate risk
- WheatfieldModerate risk
- RensselaerLow risk
- RemingtonLow risk
Tick species in Jasper 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 Jasper 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 Jasper County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Jasper County, IN
Professional tick control across Jasper 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 Jasper County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Jasper County?
Most Jasper 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 Jasper County
Which towns in Jasper County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, DeMotte carries the highest modeled tick risk in Jasper County, followed by Wheatfield, Rensselaer, Remington. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Jasper County ranges from 9% to 38%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Remington sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Jasper County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Jasper 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 Jasper County?
Jasper County reports about 15 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 19% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 1st-highest of Indiana's 92 counties). Lyme is the dominant blacklegged-tick disease, so TickZone uses this county rate as the disease baseline behind every town's score.
All towns in Jasper County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.