Tick risk in Madison County, North Carolina
Madison County covers 3 towns and carries the 6th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of North Carolina's 97 counties, with a Lyme rate of 30 cases per 100,000 people a year (105th of 1378 counties in the South). 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 Madison County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Madison County runs from Marshall (low) at the high end to Mars Hill (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 58% to 85%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- MarshallLow risk
- Hot SpringsLow risk
- Mars HillLow risk
Tick species in Madison County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Madison 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 Madison County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Madison County, NC
Professional tick control across Madison 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 Madison County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Madison County?
Most Madison 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 Madison County
Which towns in Madison County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Marshall carries the highest modeled tick risk in Madison County, followed by Hot Springs, Mars Hill. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Madison County ranges from 58% to 85%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Mars Hill sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Madison County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Madison County: Deer tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease. "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 Madison County?
Madison County reports about 30 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 105th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 6th-highest of North Carolina's 97 counties. Lyme is a smaller factor here than in the Northeast, but TickZone still uses this county rate as part of the disease baseline behind every town's score, alongside local lone-star tick pressure.
All towns in Madison County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.