Tick risk in Crow Wing County, Minnesota
Crow Wing County covers 18 towns and carries the 3rd-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Minnesota's 87 counties, with a Lyme rate of 226 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 Crow Wing County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Crow Wing County runs from Cuyuna (high) at the high end to Fort Ripley (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 41% to 90%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- CuyunaHigh risk
- EmilyHigh risk
- Fifty LakesHigh risk
- CrosslakeHigh risk
- TrommaldHigh risk
Tick species in Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing County, MN
Professional tick control across Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Crow Wing County?
Most Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing County
Which towns in Crow Wing County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Cuyuna carries the highest modeled tick risk in Crow Wing County, followed by Emily, Fifty Lakes, Crosslake, Trommald. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Crow Wing County ranges from 41% to 90%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Fort Ripley sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Crow Wing County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing County?
Crow Wing County reports about 226 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 3rd-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 Crow Wing County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.