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Tick risk in Gallatin County, Montana
Gallatin County covers 9 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 Gallatin County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Gallatin County runs from Big Sky (moderate) at the high end to Churchill (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 3% to 73%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Big SkyModerate risk
- West YellowstoneModerate risk
- Four CornersModerate risk
- Three ForksModerate risk
- BozemanModerate risk
Tick species in Gallatin County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Gallatin 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 Gallatin 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 Gallatin County, MT
Professional tick control across Gallatin 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 Gallatin County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Gallatin County?
Most Gallatin 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 Gallatin County
Which towns in Gallatin County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Big Sky carries the highest modeled tick risk in Gallatin County, followed by West Yellowstone, Four Corners, Three Forks, Bozeman. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Gallatin County ranges from 3% to 73%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Churchill sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Gallatin County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Gallatin County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the west. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.
Is Lyme disease common in Gallatin County?
CDC reports too few cases in Gallatin 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 Gallatin County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.