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Tick risk in Todd County, Minnesota

Todd County covers 38 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 55 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 11% 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 Todd County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Todd County runs from Turtle Creek (moderate) at the high end to West Union (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 9% to 63%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Turtle CreekModerate risk
Little ElkModerate risk
Fawn LakeModerate risk
BruceModerate risk
Grey EagleModerate risk

Tick species in Todd County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickNot established
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 Todd 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 Todd 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 Todd County, MN

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

How much does tick control cost in Todd County?

Most Todd 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 Todd County

Which towns in Todd County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Turtle Creek carries the highest modeled tick risk in Todd County, followed by Little Elk, Fawn Lake, Bruce, Grey Eagle. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Todd County ranges from 9% to 63%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. West Union sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Todd County?

CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Todd 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 Todd County?

Todd County reports about 55 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 11% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 31st-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 Todd County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.