Tick risk in Waseca County, Minnesota
Waseca County covers 4 towns. CDC reports too few cases here to publish a county Lyme rate, but each town still has a daily score built from local weather, habitat, and season. Pick your town below for today's reading.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Waseca County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Waseca County runs from Waseca (low) at the high end to Waldorf (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 11% to 32%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- WasecaLow risk
- New RichlandLow risk
- JanesvilleLow risk
- WaldorfLow risk
Tick species in Waseca 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 Waseca 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 Waseca 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 Waseca County, MN
Professional tick control across Waseca 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 Waseca County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Waseca County?
Most Waseca 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 Waseca County
Which towns in Waseca County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Waseca carries the highest modeled tick risk in Waseca County, followed by New Richland, Janesville, Waldorf. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Waseca County ranges from 11% to 32%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Waldorf sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Waseca County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Waseca 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 Waseca County?
CDC reports too few cases in Waseca County to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties. That does not mean the risk is zero: Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the Northeast.
All towns in Waseca County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.