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Tick risk in Oceana County, Michigan
Oceana County covers 23 towns. CDC reports too few cases here to publish a county Lyme rate, but each town still has a daily score built from local weather, habitat, and season. Pick your town below for today's reading.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Oceana County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Oceana County runs from Otto (moderate) at the high end to Walkerville (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 40% to 89%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
Tick species in Oceana 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 Oceana 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 Oceana County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Oceana County, MI
Professional tick control across Oceana 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 Oceana County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Oceana County?
Most Oceana 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 Oceana County
Which towns in Oceana County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Otto carries the highest modeled tick risk in Oceana County, followed by Pentwater, Pentwater, Ferry, Greenwood. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Oceana County ranges from 40% to 89%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Walkerville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Oceana County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Oceana 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 Oceana County?
CDC reports too few cases in Oceana County to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties. That does not mean the risk is zero: Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the Northeast.
All towns in Oceana County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.