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Tick risk in Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County covers 11 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 40 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 15% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick, American dog tick, and Lone star 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 Calvert County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Calvert County runs from Drum Point (moderate) at the high end to North Beach (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 42% to 96%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Drum PointModerate risk
- Long BeachModerate risk
- Chesapeake Ranch EstatesModerate risk
- LusbyModerate risk
- HuntingtownModerate risk
Tick species in Calvert County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Calvert 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 Calvert 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 Calvert County, MD
Professional tick control across Calvert 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 Calvert County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Calvert County?
Most Calvert 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 Calvert County
Which towns in Calvert County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Drum Point carries the highest modeled tick risk in Calvert County, followed by Long Beach, Chesapeake Ranch Estates, Lusby, Huntingtown. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Calvert County ranges from 42% to 96%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. North Beach sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Calvert County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Calvert County: Deer tick, American dog tick, 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 Calvert County?
Calvert County reports about 40 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 15% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 15th-highest of Maryland's 24 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 Calvert County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.