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Tick risk in Dorchester County, Maryland

Dorchester County covers 9 towns and carries the 18th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Maryland's 22 counties, with a Lyme rate of 24 cases per 100,000 people a year (111th of 1378 counties in the South). 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 Dorchester County

Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.

At the summer peak, tick risk across Dorchester County runs from Brookview (moderate) at the high end to Hurlock (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 18% to 56%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Dorchester County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

  • Deer tickEstablished
  • American dog tickEstablished
  • Lone star tickEstablished
  • Gulf Coast tickReported

Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Dorchester 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 Dorchester 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 Dorchester County, MD

Professional tick control across Dorchester 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 Dorchester County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Dorchester County?

Most Dorchester 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 Dorchester County

Which towns in Dorchester County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Brookview carries the highest modeled tick risk in Dorchester County, followed by Galestown, East New Market, Eldorado, Secretary. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Dorchester County ranges from 18% to 56%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Hurlock sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Dorchester County?

CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Dorchester 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 Dorchester County?

Dorchester County reports about 24 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 111th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 18th-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 Dorchester County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.