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Tick risk in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
Morehouse Parish covers 5 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 Morehouse Parish
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Morehouse Parish runs from Bonita (low) at the high end to Collinston (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 19% to 70%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- BonitaLow risk
- BastropLow risk
- Mer RougeLow risk
- Oak RidgeLow risk
- CollinstonLow risk
Tick species in Morehouse Parish
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickEstablished
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Morehouse 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 Morehouse 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 Morehouse Parish, LA
Professional tick control across Morehouse 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 Morehouse Parish's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Morehouse Parish?
Most Morehouse 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 Morehouse Parish
Which towns in Morehouse Parish have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Bonita carries the highest modeled tick risk in Morehouse Parish, followed by Bastrop, Mer Rouge, Oak Ridge, Collinston. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Morehouse Parish ranges from 19% to 70%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Collinston sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Morehouse Parish?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Morehouse Parish: Deer tick, Gulf Coast tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease. "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 Morehouse Parish?
CDC reports too few cases in Morehouse 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.
All towns in Morehouse Parish
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.