Today's score
Ticks in Silver City, IA
Mills County
Moderate risk
Ticks are active. Use repellent, stick to trails, and do a tick check when you come inside.
Updated July 11, 2026
- Life stage
- Nymphs & adults
- Forest
- 49%
- Tick species
- 4 of 5 here
Right now
Latest reading- 85°
- Temperature
- 59%
- Humidity
- 0.0"
- Recent rain
TickZone for iPhone · launching soon
Know the evening before Silver City spikes.
7-day outlook
Risk recalculates daily from the local forecast.
What's active right now
Deer-tick nymphs are at their peak alongside dog-tick adults. Midsummer is the busiest stretch: nymphal deer ticks peak in the woods while American dog-tick adults are active in grass and along trails.
Local tick habitat
Silver City is 82% natural land cover (49% forest, plus open and brushy areas) across its 0.21 sq mi, home to about 246 people. That makes it the 1st-most wooded of the 7 towns in Mills County. Deer ticks live in wooded areas, along trail edges, and in tall grass: the more of that a town has, the more places ticks can quest.
Tick control in Silver City, IA
Do I need tick control in Silver City?
Tick activity in Silver City is moderate today (42/100). Ticks are out, especially along yard edges, leaf litter, and shady borders. A seasonal treatment plan keeps numbers down before peak weeks hit.
Professional tick control in Silver City typically 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.
How much does tick control cost in Silver City?
Most 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 Silver City. No cost, no obligation.
Is it tick season in Silver City right now?
Yes. Deer-tick nymphs are at their peak alongside dog-tick adults. In Silver City, today's risk reads moderate (42/100). Ticks are active. Use repellent, stick to trails, and do a tick check when you come inside.
Nearby towns
Tick risk is local. Check the towns around you.
Stay ahead of ticks in Silver City
The TickZone iPhone app (launching soon) alerts you the evening before Silver City's risk spikes, so protection happens before the bite.