Tick risk in Auglaize County, Ohio
Auglaize County covers 8 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 Auglaize County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Auglaize County runs from Cridersville (low) at the high end to New Knoxville (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 5% to 19%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- CridersvilleLow risk
- WaynesfieldLow risk
- BucklandLow risk
- St. MarysLow risk
- WapakonetaLow risk
Tick species in Auglaize 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 Auglaize 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 Auglaize 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 Auglaize County, OH
Professional tick control across Auglaize 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 Auglaize County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Auglaize County?
Most Auglaize 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 Auglaize County
Which towns in Auglaize County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Cridersville carries the highest modeled tick risk in Auglaize County, followed by Waynesfield, Buckland, St. Marys, Wapakoneta. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Auglaize County ranges from 5% to 19%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. New Knoxville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Auglaize County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Auglaize 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 Auglaize County?
CDC reports too few cases in Auglaize 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 Auglaize County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.