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Tick risk in Otsego County, New York
Otsego County covers 25 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 560 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 1% 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 Otsego County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Otsego County runs from Roseboom (high) at the high end to Springfield (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 50% to 86%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- RoseboomHigh risk
- MarylandHigh risk
- Oneonta (town)High risk
- OtegoHigh risk
- DecaturHigh risk
Tick species in Otsego 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 Otsego 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 Otsego County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Otsego County, NY
Professional tick control across Otsego 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 Otsego County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Otsego County?
Most Otsego 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 Otsego County
Which towns in Otsego County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Roseboom carries the highest modeled tick risk in Otsego County, followed by Maryland, Oneonta (town), Otego, Decatur. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Otsego County ranges from 50% to 86%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Springfield sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Otsego County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Otsego 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 Otsego County?
Otsego County reports about 560 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 1% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 1st-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 Otsego County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.