Tick risk in Rice County, Minnesota
Rice County covers 6 towns and carries the 50th-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 Rice County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Rice County runs from Northfield (low) at the high end to Nerstrand (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 11% to 42%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- NorthfieldLow risk
- FaribaultLow risk
- DundasLow risk
- MorristownLow risk
- LonsdaleLow risk
Tick species in Rice 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 Rice 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 Rice 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 Rice County, MN
Professional tick control across Rice 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 Rice County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Rice County?
Most Rice 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 Rice County
Which towns in Rice County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Northfield carries the highest modeled tick risk in Rice County, followed by Faribault, Dundas, Morristown, Lonsdale. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Rice County ranges from 11% to 42%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Nerstrand sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Rice County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Rice 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 Rice County?
Rice 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 50th-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 Rice County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.