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Tick risk in Pine County, Minnesota

Pine County covers 47 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 212 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 4% 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 Pine County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Pine County runs from Wilma (high) at the high end to Royalton (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 33% to 90%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

WilmaHigh risk
FlemingHigh risk
New DoseyHigh risk
ArnaHigh risk
NickersonHigh risk

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

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme diseaseAnaplasmosisBabesiosisBorrelia miyamotoi (relapsing fever)EhrlichiosisLyme disease (B. mayonii)

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

Tick control in Pine County, MN

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

How much does tick control cost in Pine County?

Most Pine 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 Pine County

Which towns in Pine County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Wilma carries the highest modeled tick risk in Pine County, followed by Fleming, New Dosey, Arna, Nickerson. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Pine County ranges from 33% to 90%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Royalton sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Pine County?

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

Pine County reports about 212 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 4% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 5th-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 Pine County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.