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Tick risk in Columbiana County, Ohio
Columbiana County covers 13 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 75 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 11% 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 Columbiana County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Columbiana County runs from Salineville (moderate) at the high end to Hanoverton (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 27% to 77%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- SalinevilleModerate risk
- RogersModerate risk
- East LiverpoolModerate risk
- New WaterfordModerate risk
- East PalestineModerate risk
Tick species in Columbiana 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 Columbiana 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 Columbiana County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Columbiana County, OH
Professional tick control across Columbiana 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 Columbiana County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Columbiana County?
Most Columbiana 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 Columbiana County
Which towns in Columbiana County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Salineville carries the highest modeled tick risk in Columbiana County, followed by Rogers, East Liverpool, New Waterford, East Palestine. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Columbiana County ranges from 27% to 77%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Hanoverton sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Columbiana County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Columbiana 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 Columbiana County?
Columbiana County reports about 75 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 11% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 7th-highest of Ohio's 88 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 Columbiana County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.