Tick risk in Chisago County, Minnesota
Chisago County covers 10 towns and carries the 15th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Minnesota's 87 counties, with a Lyme rate of 99 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 Chisago County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Chisago County runs from Taylors Falls (moderate) at the high end to Rush City (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 29% to 70%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Taylors FallsModerate risk
- Center CityModerate risk
- WyomingModerate risk
- LindstromModerate risk
- StacyModerate risk
Tick species in Chisago 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 Chisago 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 Chisago 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 Chisago County, MN
Professional tick control across Chisago 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 Chisago County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Chisago County?
Most Chisago 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 Chisago County
Which towns in Chisago County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Taylors Falls carries the highest modeled tick risk in Chisago County, followed by Center City, Wyoming, Lindstrom, Stacy. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Chisago County ranges from 29% to 70%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Rush City sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Chisago County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Chisago 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 Chisago County?
Chisago County reports about 99 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 15th-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 Chisago County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.