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Tick risk in Cass County, Minnesota

Cass County covers 63 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 256 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 3% 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 Cass County

Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.

At the summer peak, tick risk across Cass County runs from Otter Tail Peninsula (high) at the high end to Pine River (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 28% to 92%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Otter Tail PeninsulaHigh risk
Thunder LakeHigh risk
ShingobeeHigh risk
Crooked LakeHigh risk
BeulahHigh risk

Tick species in Cass 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 Cass County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme diseaseAnaplasmosisBabesiosisBorrelia miyamotoi (relapsing fever)Powassan virusEhrlichiosisLyme disease (B. mayonii)

Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Cass County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Cass County, MN

Professional tick control across Cass 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 Cass County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Cass County?

Most Cass 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 Cass County

Which towns in Cass County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Otter Tail Peninsula carries the highest modeled tick risk in Cass County, followed by Thunder Lake, Shingobee, Crooked Lake, Beulah. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Cass County ranges from 28% to 92%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Pine River sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Cass County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Cass 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 Cass County?

Cass County reports about 256 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 3% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 1st-highest of Minnesota's 87 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 Cass County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.