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Tick risk in Niagara County, New York
Niagara County covers 16 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 14 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 16% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer 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 Niagara County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Niagara County runs from Tuscarora Nation Reservation (moderate) at the high end to Niagara (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 24% to 71%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Tuscarora Nation ReservationModerate risk
- Lockport (city)Moderate risk
- North TonawandaModerate risk
- HartlandModerate risk
- PendletonModerate risk
Tick species in Niagara County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Niagara 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 Niagara County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Niagara County, NY
Professional tick control across Niagara 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 Niagara County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Niagara County?
Most Niagara 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 Niagara County
Which towns in Niagara County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Tuscarora Nation Reservation carries the highest modeled tick risk in Niagara County, followed by Lockport (city), North Tonawanda, Hartland, Pendleton. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Niagara County ranges from 24% to 71%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Niagara sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Niagara County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Niagara County: Deer 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 Niagara County?
Niagara County reports about 14 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 16% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 57th-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 Niagara County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.