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Tick risk in Le Sueur County, Minnesota
Le Sueur County covers 23 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 17 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 15% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer 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 Le Sueur County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Le Sueur County runs from Kasota (moderate) at the high end to Derrynane (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 7% to 60%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- KasotaModerate risk
- Le SueurModerate risk
- WatervilleModerate risk
- ElysianLow risk
- ClevelandLow risk
Tick species in Le Sueur County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- 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 Le Sueur 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 Le Sueur 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 Le Sueur County, MN
Professional tick control across Le Sueur 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 Le Sueur County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Le Sueur County?
Most Le Sueur 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 Le Sueur County
Which towns in Le Sueur County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Kasota carries the highest modeled tick risk in Le Sueur County, followed by Le Sueur, Waterville, Elysian, Cleveland. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Le Sueur County ranges from 7% to 60%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Derrynane sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Le Sueur County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Le Sueur County: Deer 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 Le Sueur County?
Le Sueur County reports about 17 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 15% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 53rd-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 Le Sueur County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.