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Tick risk in Scott County, Minnesota
Scott County covers 18 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 26 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 14% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer 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 Scott County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Scott County runs from Savage (moderate) at the high end to Belle Plaine (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 11% to 53%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- SavageModerate risk
- Prior LakeModerate risk
- Credit RiverModerate risk
- JordanModerate risk
- St. LawrenceLow risk
Tick species in Scott County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- 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 Scott County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Scott County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Scott County, MN
Professional tick control across Scott 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 Scott County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Scott County?
Most Scott 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 Scott County
Which towns in Scott County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Savage carries the highest modeled tick risk in Scott County, followed by Prior Lake, Credit River, Jordan, St. Lawrence. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Scott County ranges from 11% to 53%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Belle Plaine sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Scott County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Scott County: Deer 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 Scott County?
Scott County reports about 26 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 14% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 44th-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 Scott County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.