Tick risk in Frederick County, Maryland
Frederick County covers 11 towns and carries the 7th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Maryland's 22 counties, with a Lyme rate of 68 cases per 100,000 people a year (72nd 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 Frederick County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Frederick County runs from Myersville (moderate) at the high end to Burkittsville (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 19% to 58%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- MyersvilleModerate risk
- BrunswickModerate risk
- WoodsboroModerate risk
- RosemontModerate risk
- EmmitsburgModerate risk
Tick species in Frederick 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 Frederick County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Frederick County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Frederick County, MD
Professional tick control across Frederick 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 Frederick County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Frederick County?
Most Frederick 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 Frederick County
Which towns in Frederick County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Myersville carries the highest modeled tick risk in Frederick County, followed by Brunswick, Woodsboro, Rosemont, Emmitsburg. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Frederick County ranges from 19% to 58%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Burkittsville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Frederick County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Frederick 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 Frederick County?
Frederick County reports about 68 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 72nd-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 7th-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 Frederick County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.