Tick risk in Coshocton County, Ohio
Coshocton County covers 6 towns and carries the 3rd-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Ohio's 88 counties, with a Lyme rate of 91 cases per 100,000 people a year (0th of 0 counties in the Midwest). 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 Coshocton County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Coshocton County runs from Coshocton (moderate) at the high end to West Lafayette (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 27% to 58%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- CoshoctonModerate risk
- PlainfieldModerate risk
- WarsawModerate risk
- NellieModerate risk
- ConesvilleModerate risk
Tick species in Coshocton 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 Coshocton 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 Coshocton 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 Coshocton County, OH
Professional tick control across Coshocton 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 Coshocton County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Coshocton County?
Most Coshocton 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 Coshocton County
Which towns in Coshocton County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Coshocton carries the highest modeled tick risk in Coshocton County, followed by Plainfield, Warsaw, Nellie, Conesville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Coshocton County ranges from 27% to 58%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. West Lafayette sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Coshocton County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Coshocton 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 Coshocton County?
Coshocton County reports about 91 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 3rd-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 Coshocton County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.