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Tick risk in Belknap County, New Hampshire
Belknap County covers 11 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 84 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 9% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. 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 Belknap County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Belknap County runs from Meredith (moderate) at the high end to Tilton (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 76% to 91%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- MeredithModerate risk
- New HamptonModerate risk
- SanborntonModerate risk
- Center HarborModerate risk
- AltonModerate risk
Tick species in Belknap 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 Belknap County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Belknap County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Belknap County, NH
Professional tick control across Belknap 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 Belknap County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Belknap County?
Most Belknap 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 Belknap County
Which towns in Belknap County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Meredith carries the highest modeled tick risk in Belknap County, followed by New Hampton, Sanbornton, Center Harbor, Alton. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Belknap County ranges from 76% to 91%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Tilton sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Belknap County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Belknap 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 Belknap County?
Belknap County reports about 84 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 9% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 7th-highest of New Hampshire's 10 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 Belknap County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.