Tick risk in Isanti County, Minnesota

Isanti County covers 3 towns and carries the 29th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Minnesota's 87 counties, with a Lyme rate of 65 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 Isanti County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Isanti County runs from Braham (moderate) at the high end to Isanti (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 27% to 36%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Isanti 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 Isanti 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 Isanti 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 Isanti County, MN

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

How much does tick control cost in Isanti County?

Most Isanti 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 Isanti County

Which towns in Isanti County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Braham carries the highest modeled tick risk in Isanti County, followed by Cambridge, Isanti. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Isanti County ranges from 27% to 36%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Isanti sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Isanti County?

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

Isanti County reports about 65 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 29th-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 Isanti County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.