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Tick risk in Missoula County, Montana
Missoula County covers 8 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 Missoula County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Missoula County runs from Seeley Lake (moderate) at the high end to Missoula (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 16% to 71%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Seeley LakeModerate risk
- LoloModerate risk
- East MissoulaModerate risk
- FrenchtownModerate risk
- ClintonModerate risk
Tick species in Missoula 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 Missoula 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 Missoula 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 Missoula County, MT
Professional tick control across Missoula 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 Missoula County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Missoula County?
Most Missoula 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 Missoula County
Which towns in Missoula County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Seeley Lake carries the highest modeled tick risk in Missoula County, followed by Lolo, East Missoula, Frenchtown, Clinton. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Missoula County ranges from 16% to 71%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Missoula sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Missoula County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Missoula 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 Missoula County?
CDC reports too few cases in Missoula 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 Missoula County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.