Tick risk in Mecosta County, Michigan
Mecosta County covers 5 towns and carries the 21st-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Michigan's 82 counties, with a Lyme rate of 22 cases per 100,000 people a year (0th of 0 counties in the Midwest). 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 Mecosta County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Mecosta County runs from Stanwood (moderate) at the high end to Big Rapids (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 39% to 60%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- StanwoodModerate risk
- MecostaModerate risk
- MorleyModerate risk
- BarrytonModerate risk
- Big RapidsLow risk
Tick species in Mecosta County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Mecosta 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 Mecosta 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 Mecosta County, MI
Professional tick control across Mecosta 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 Mecosta County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Mecosta County?
Most Mecosta 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 Mecosta County
Which towns in Mecosta County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Stanwood carries the highest modeled tick risk in Mecosta County, followed by Mecosta, Morley, Barryton, Big Rapids. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Mecosta County ranges from 39% to 60%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Big Rapids sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Mecosta County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Mecosta 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 Mecosta County?
Mecosta County reports about 22 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 21st-highest of Michigan's 82 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 Mecosta County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.