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Tick risk in Mower County, Minnesota
Mower County covers 34 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 16 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 15% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Mower County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Mower County runs from Mapleview (moderate) at the high end to Bennington (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 1% to 48%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- MapleviewModerate risk
- BrownsdaleModerate risk
- AustinLow risk
- Le RoyLow risk
- AdamsLow risk
Tick species in Mower County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Mower 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 Mower 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 Mower County, MN
Professional tick control across Mower 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 Mower County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Mower County?
Most Mower 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 Mower County
Which towns in Mower County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Mapleview carries the highest modeled tick risk in Mower County, followed by Brownsdale, Austin, Le Roy, Adams. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Mower County ranges from 1% to 48%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Bennington sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Mower County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Mower County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the midwest. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.
Is Lyme disease common in Mower County?
Mower County reports about 16 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 15% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 55th-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 Mower County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.