Tick risk in Emmons County, North Dakota

Emmons County covers 5 towns. CDC reports too few cases here to publish a county Lyme rate, but each town still has a daily score built from local weather, habitat, and season. Pick your town below for today's reading.

Highest and lowest tick risk in Emmons County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Emmons County runs from Strasburg (low) at the high end to Hague (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 3% to 19%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Emmons County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

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

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

Diseases found in local ticks

No CDC tick-testing records for Emmons County. That is a surveillance gap, not a sign these diseases are absent. Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the region.

Tick control in Emmons County, ND

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

How much does tick control cost in Emmons County?

Most Emmons 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 Emmons County

Which towns in Emmons County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Strasburg carries the highest modeled tick risk in Emmons County, followed by Linton, Hazelton, Braddock, Hague. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Emmons County ranges from 3% to 19%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Hague sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Emmons County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Emmons 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 Emmons County?

CDC reports too few cases in Emmons County to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties. That does not mean the risk is zero: Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the Northeast.

All towns in Emmons County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.