Tick risk in Boone County, Kentucky
Boone County covers 3 towns and carries the 2nd-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Kentucky's 119 counties, with a Lyme rate of 4 cases per 100,000 people a year (147th of 1378 counties in the South). 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 Boone County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Boone County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Boone 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 Boone County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Boone County, KY
Professional tick control across Boone 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 Boone County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Boone County?
Most Boone 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 Boone County
Which towns in Boone County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Union carries the highest modeled tick risk in Boone County, followed by Walton, Florence. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Boone County ranges from 36% to 36%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Florence sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Boone County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Boone 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 Boone County?
Boone County reports about 4 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 147th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 2nd-highest of Kentucky's 119 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 Boone County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.