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Tick risk in Doña Ana County, New Mexico
Doña Ana County covers 13 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 Doña Ana County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Doña Ana County runs from Radium Springs (low) at the high end to University Park (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 0% to 13%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Radium SpringsLow risk
- MesillaLow risk
- ChaparralLow risk
- Santa TeresaLow risk
- San YsidroLow risk
Tick species in Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana County, NM
Professional tick control across Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Doña Ana County?
Most Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana County
Which towns in Doña Ana County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Radium Springs carries the highest modeled tick risk in Doña Ana County, followed by Mesilla, Chaparral, Santa Teresa, San Ysidro. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Doña Ana County ranges from 0% to 13%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. University Park sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Doña Ana County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana County?
CDC reports too few cases in Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.