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Tick risk in Koochiching County, Minnesota

Koochiching County covers 6 towns and carries the 27th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Minnesota's 87 counties, with a Lyme rate of 68 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 Koochiching County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Koochiching County runs from Big Falls (moderate) at the high end to Littlefork (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 35% to 74%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Koochiching 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 Koochiching 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 Koochiching 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 Koochiching County, MN

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

How much does tick control cost in Koochiching County?

Most Koochiching 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 Koochiching County

Which towns in Koochiching County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Big Falls carries the highest modeled tick risk in Koochiching County, followed by Northome, Ranier, International Falls, Mizpah. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Koochiching County ranges from 35% to 74%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Littlefork sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Koochiching County?

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

Koochiching County reports about 68 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 27th-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 Koochiching County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.