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Tick risk in Osceola County, Michigan
Osceola County covers 22 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 30 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 16% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Osceola County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Osceola County runs from Cedar (moderate) at the high end to Evart (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 36% to 85%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- CedarModerate risk
- BurdellModerate risk
- Middle BranchModerate risk
- OrientModerate risk
- Rose LakeModerate risk
Tick species in Osceola County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Osceola 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 Osceola 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 Osceola County, MI
Professional tick control across Osceola 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 Osceola County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Osceola County?
Most Osceola 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 Osceola County
Which towns in Osceola County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Cedar carries the highest modeled tick risk in Osceola County, followed by Burdell, Middle Branch, Orient, Rose Lake. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Osceola County ranges from 36% to 85%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Evart sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Osceola County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Osceola County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the midwest. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.
Is Lyme disease common in Osceola County?
Osceola County reports about 30 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 16% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 19th-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 Osceola County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.