Tick risk in Butler County, Kentucky
Butler County covers 3 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 Butler County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Butler County runs from Woodbury (moderate) at the high end to Morgantown (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 51% to 77%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- WoodburyModerate risk
- RochesterModerate risk
- MorgantownModerate risk
Tick species in Butler County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Butler 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 Butler 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 Butler County, KY
Professional tick control across Butler 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 Butler County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Butler County?
Most Butler 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 Butler County
Which towns in Butler County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Woodbury carries the highest modeled tick risk in Butler County, followed by Rochester, Morgantown. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Butler County ranges from 51% to 77%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Morgantown sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Butler County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Butler County: 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 Butler County?
CDC reports too few cases in Butler 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 Butler County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.