Tick risk in Allegany County, Maryland
Allegany County covers 7 towns and carries the 2nd-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Maryland's 22 counties, with a Lyme rate of 195 cases per 100,000 people a year (36th of 1378 counties in the South). Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Allegany County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Allegany County runs from Lonaconing (high) at the high end to Frostburg (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 50% to 73%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- LonaconingHigh risk
- BartonHigh risk
- LukeModerate risk
- WesternportModerate risk
- CumberlandModerate risk
Tick species in Allegany County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Allegany 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 Allegany 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 Allegany County, MD
Professional tick control across Allegany 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 Allegany County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Allegany County?
Most Allegany 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 Allegany County
Which towns in Allegany County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Lonaconing carries the highest modeled tick risk in Allegany County, followed by Barton, Luke, Westernport, Cumberland. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Allegany County ranges from 50% to 73%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Frostburg sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Allegany County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Allegany County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the south. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.
Is Lyme disease common in Allegany County?
Allegany County reports about 195 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 36th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 2nd-highest of Maryland's 22 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 Allegany County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.