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Tick risk in Emmet County, Michigan
Emmet County covers 21 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 18 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 18% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer 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 Emmet County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Emmet County runs from Wawatam (moderate) at the high end to Petoskey (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 46% to 89%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- WawatamModerate risk
- PleasantviewModerate risk
- SpringvaleModerate risk
- FriendshipModerate risk
- ReadmondModerate risk
Tick species in Emmet County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet County, MI
Professional tick control across Emmet 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 Emmet County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Emmet County?
Most Emmet 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 Emmet County
Which towns in Emmet County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Wawatam carries the highest modeled tick risk in Emmet County, followed by Pleasantview, Springvale, Friendship, Readmond. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Emmet County ranges from 46% to 89%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Petoskey sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Emmet County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Emmet County: Deer 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 Emmet County?
Emmet County reports about 18 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 18% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 25th-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 Emmet County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.