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Tick risk in Schoharie County, New York
Schoharie County covers 16 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 425 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 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 Schoharie County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Schoharie County runs from Blenheim (high) at the high end to Sharon (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 54% to 93%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- BlenheimHigh risk
- BroomeHigh risk
- ConesvilleHigh risk
- FultonHigh risk
- GilboaHigh risk
Tick species in Schoharie County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- 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 Schoharie 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 Schoharie County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Schoharie County, NY
Professional tick control across Schoharie 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 Schoharie County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Schoharie County?
Most Schoharie 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 Schoharie County
Which towns in Schoharie County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Blenheim carries the highest modeled tick risk in Schoharie County, followed by Broome, Conesville, Fulton, Gilboa. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Schoharie County ranges from 54% to 93%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Sharon sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Schoharie County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Schoharie 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 Schoharie County?
Schoharie County reports about 425 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 1% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 5th-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 Schoharie County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.