Tick risk in Pine County, Minnesota
Pine County covers 14 towns and carries the 5th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Minnesota's 87 counties, with a Lyme rate of 212 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 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 Rutledge (high) at the high end to Pine City (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 37% to 79%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- RutledgeHigh risk
- SandstoneHigh risk
- KerrickHigh risk
- Sturgeon LakeModerate risk
- AskovModerate 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
No CDC tick-testing records for Pine 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 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, Rutledge carries the highest modeled tick risk in Pine County, followed by Sandstone, Kerrick, Sturgeon Lake, Askov. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Pine County ranges from 37% to 79%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Pine City 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), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and 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.