Tick risk in Scott County, Iowa
Scott County covers 16 towns and carries the 8th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Iowa's 99 counties, with a Lyme rate of 5 cases per 100,000 people a year (0th of 0 counties in the Midwest). CDC surveillance lists Deer tick and American dog 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 Scott County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Scott County runs from Panorama Park (moderate) at the high end to Walcott (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 3% to 69%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Panorama ParkModerate risk
- BuffaloModerate risk
- RiverdaleLow risk
- Le ClaireLow risk
- BettendorfLow risk
Tick species in Scott 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 Scott 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 Scott 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 Scott County, IA
Professional tick control across Scott 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 Scott County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Scott County?
Most Scott 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 Scott County
Which towns in Scott County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Panorama Park carries the highest modeled tick risk in Scott County, followed by Buffalo, Riverdale, Le Claire, Bettendorf. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Scott County ranges from 3% to 69%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Walcott sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Scott County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Scott 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 Scott County?
Scott County reports about 5 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 8th-highest of Iowa's 99 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 Scott County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.