Tick risk in Clearwater County, Minnesota
Clearwater County covers 5 towns and carries the 17th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Minnesota's 87 counties, with a Lyme rate of 98 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 Clearwater County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Clearwater County runs from Leonard (moderate) at the high end to Clearbrook (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 31% to 43%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- LeonardModerate risk
- BagleyModerate risk
- ShevlinModerate risk
- GonvickModerate risk
- ClearbrookModerate risk
Tick species in Clearwater 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 Clearwater 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 Clearwater 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 Clearwater County, MN
Professional tick control across Clearwater 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 Clearwater County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Clearwater County?
Most Clearwater 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 Clearwater County
Which towns in Clearwater County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Leonard carries the highest modeled tick risk in Clearwater County, followed by Bagley, Shevlin, Gonvick, Clearbrook. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Clearwater County ranges from 31% to 43%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Clearbrook sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Clearwater County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Clearwater 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 Clearwater County?
Clearwater County reports about 98 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 17th-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 Clearwater County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.