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Tick risk in Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Bossier Parish covers 6 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 Bossier Parish
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Bossier Parish runs from Plain Dealing (moderate) at the high end to Bossier City (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 35% to 72%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Plain DealingModerate risk
- HaughtonModerate risk
- BentonModerate risk
- EastwoodModerate risk
- Red ChuteModerate risk
Tick species in Bossier Parish
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickEstablished
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Bossier Parish, 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 Bossier Parish. That is a surveillance gap, not a sign these diseases are absent. Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the region.
Tick control in Bossier Parish, LA
Professional tick control across Bossier Parish 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 Bossier Parish's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Bossier Parish?
Most Bossier Parish 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 Bossier Parish
Which towns in Bossier Parish have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Plain Dealing carries the highest modeled tick risk in Bossier Parish, followed by Haughton, Benton, Eastwood, Red Chute. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Bossier Parish ranges from 35% to 72%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Bossier City sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Bossier Parish?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Bossier Parish: Deer tick, Lone star tick, Gulf Coast tick. The lone star tick is the tick most responsible for human bites here, and its bite causes alpha-gal syndrome; the blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is a minor factor this far south. "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 Bossier Parish?
CDC reports too few cases in Bossier Parish to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties, and typical this far south. That does not mean the risk is zero: the lone star tick, not Lyme, is the bigger local concern.
Does Bossier Parish have lone star ticks that cause alpha-gal syndrome?
Yes. The lone star tick is established in Bossier Parish and is the tick most responsible for human bites in the county. Its bite can trigger alpha-gal syndrome, a delayed allergy to red meat and other mammal products, along with ehrlichiosis and STARI. Learn the symptoms and what foods to avoid.
All towns in Bossier Parish
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.