Tick risk in Sherburne County, Minnesota
Sherburne County covers 5 towns and carries the 22nd-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Minnesota's 87 counties, with a Lyme rate of 81 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 Sherburne County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Sherburne County runs from Zimmerman (moderate) at the high end to Clear Lake (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 15% to 48%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- ZimmermanModerate risk
- Elk RiverModerate risk
- Big LakeModerate risk
- BeckerLow risk
- Clear LakeLow risk
Tick species in Sherburne 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 Sherburne 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 Sherburne 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 Sherburne County, MN
Professional tick control across Sherburne 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 Sherburne County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Sherburne County?
Most Sherburne 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 Sherburne County
Which towns in Sherburne County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Zimmerman carries the highest modeled tick risk in Sherburne County, followed by Elk River, Big Lake, Becker, Clear Lake. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Sherburne County ranges from 15% to 48%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Clear Lake sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Sherburne County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Sherburne 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 Sherburne County?
Sherburne County reports about 81 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 22nd-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 Sherburne County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.