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Tick risk in Allegan County, Michigan
Allegan County covers 33 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 36 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 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 Allegan County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Allegan County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Allegan 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 Allegan County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Allegan County, MI
Professional tick control across Allegan 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 Allegan County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Allegan County?
Most Allegan 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 Allegan County
Which towns in Allegan County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Valley carries the highest modeled tick risk in Allegan County, followed by Lee, Heath, Saugatuck, Manlius. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Allegan County ranges from 14% to 89%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Fillmore sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Allegan County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Allegan 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 Allegan County?
Allegan County reports about 36 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 15% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 13th-highest of Michigan's 83 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 Allegan County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.