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Tick risk in Delta County, Michigan
Delta County covers 17 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 14 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 19% 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 Delta County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Delta County runs from Brampton (moderate) at the high end to Garden (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 28% to 91%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- BramptonModerate risk
- NahmaModerate risk
- Maple RidgeModerate risk
- Bay de NocModerate risk
- MasonvilleModerate risk
Tick species in Delta 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 Delta 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 Delta County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Delta County, MI
Professional tick control across Delta 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 Delta County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Delta County?
Most Delta 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 Delta County
Which towns in Delta County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Brampton carries the highest modeled tick risk in Delta County, followed by Nahma, Maple Ridge, Bay de Noc, Masonville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Delta County ranges from 28% to 91%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Garden sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Delta County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Delta 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 Delta County?
Delta County reports about 14 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 19% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 27th-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 Delta County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.