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Tick risk in Cattaraugus County, New York

Cattaraugus County covers 37 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 192 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 5% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick and Lone star 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 Cattaraugus County

Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.

At the summer peak, tick risk across Cattaraugus County runs from Allegany Reservation (high) at the high end to Conewango (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 44% to 98%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Cattaraugus County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickNot established
Lone star tickEstablished
Gulf Coast tickNot established

Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Cattaraugus County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme diseaseAnaplasmosisBabesiosisBorrelia miyamotoi (relapsing fever)Powassan virus

Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Cattaraugus County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Cattaraugus County, NY

Professional tick control across Cattaraugus 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 Cattaraugus County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Cattaraugus County?

Most Cattaraugus 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 Cattaraugus County

Which towns in Cattaraugus County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Allegany Reservation carries the highest modeled tick risk in Cattaraugus County, followed by Red House, South Valley, Carrollton, Cattaraugus Reservation. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Cattaraugus County ranges from 44% to 98%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Conewango sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Cattaraugus County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Cattaraugus County: Deer tick, Lone star 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 Cattaraugus County?

Cattaraugus County reports about 192 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 5% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 25th-highest of New York's 62 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 Cattaraugus County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.