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Tick risk in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Kandiyohi County covers 36 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 23 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 14% 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 Kandiyohi County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Kandiyohi County runs from New London (moderate) at the high end to Lake Lillian (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 2% to 46%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

New LondonModerate risk
SpicerModerate risk
Lake LillianLow risk
AtwaterLow risk
New LondonLow risk

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

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme disease

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

Tick control in Kandiyohi County, MN

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

How much does tick control cost in Kandiyohi County?

Most Kandiyohi 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 Kandiyohi County

Which towns in Kandiyohi County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, New London carries the highest modeled tick risk in Kandiyohi County, followed by Spicer, Lake Lillian, Atwater, New London. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Kandiyohi County ranges from 2% to 46%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Lake Lillian sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Kandiyohi County?

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

Kandiyohi County reports about 23 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 14% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 48th-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 Kandiyohi County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.