Tick risk in Nicollet County, Minnesota
Nicollet County covers 5 towns and carries the 51st-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Minnesota's 87 counties, with a Lyme rate of 18 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 Nicollet County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Nicollet County runs from St. Peter (moderate) at the high end to Lafayette (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 9% to 45%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- St. PeterModerate risk
- North MankatoLow risk
- CourtlandLow risk
- NicolletLow risk
- LafayetteLow risk
Tick species in Nicollet 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 Nicollet 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 Nicollet 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 Nicollet County, MN
Professional tick control across Nicollet 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 Nicollet County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Nicollet County?
Most Nicollet 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 Nicollet County
Which towns in Nicollet County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, St. Peter carries the highest modeled tick risk in Nicollet County, followed by North Mankato, Courtland, Nicollet, Lafayette. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Nicollet County ranges from 9% to 45%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Lafayette sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Nicollet County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Nicollet 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 Nicollet County?
Nicollet County reports about 18 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 51st-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 Nicollet County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.