Tick risk in Talbot County, Maryland
Talbot County covers 4 towns and carries the 12th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Maryland's 22 counties, with a Lyme rate of 42 cases per 100,000 people a year (89th of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists Deer tick and American dog 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 Talbot County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Talbot County runs from Oxford (moderate) at the high end to Trappe (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 32% to 49%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- OxfordModerate risk
- St. MichaelsModerate risk
- EastonModerate risk
- TrappeModerate risk
Tick species in Talbot County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Talbot 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 Talbot 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 Talbot County, MD
Professional tick control across Talbot 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 Talbot County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Talbot County?
Most Talbot 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 Talbot County
Which towns in Talbot County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Oxford carries the highest modeled tick risk in Talbot County, followed by St. Michaels, Easton, Trappe. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Talbot County ranges from 32% to 49%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Trappe sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Talbot County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Talbot County: Deer tick, American dog 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 Talbot County?
Talbot County reports about 42 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 89th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 12th-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 Talbot County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.