Tick risk in Guthrie County, Iowa
Guthrie County covers 9 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 Guthrie County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Guthrie County runs from Panora (low) at the high end to Menlo (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 13% to 30%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- PanoraLow risk
- CaseyLow risk
- YaleLow risk
- Guthrie CenterLow risk
- BagleyLow risk
Tick species in Guthrie 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 Guthrie 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 Guthrie 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 Guthrie County, IA
Professional tick control across Guthrie 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 Guthrie County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Guthrie County?
Most Guthrie 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.
From a vetted local tick exterminator serving Guthrie County. No cost, no obligation.
Common questions about ticks in Guthrie County
Which towns in Guthrie County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Panora carries the highest modeled tick risk in Guthrie County, followed by Casey, Yale, Guthrie Center, Bagley. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Guthrie County ranges from 13% to 30%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Menlo sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Guthrie County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Guthrie 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 Guthrie County?
CDC reports too few cases in Guthrie 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 Guthrie County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.