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Tick risk in Fairfield County, Ohio

Fairfield County covers 14 towns and carries the 22nd-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Ohio's 88 counties, with a Lyme rate of 17 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 Fairfield County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Fairfield County runs from Rushville (moderate) at the high end to Millersport (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 17% to 58%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Fairfield 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 Fairfield 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 Fairfield 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 Fairfield County, OH

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

How much does tick control cost in Fairfield County?

Most Fairfield 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 Fairfield County

Which towns in Fairfield County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Rushville carries the highest modeled tick risk in Fairfield County, followed by Pleasantville, Sugar Grove, West Rushville, Bremen. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Fairfield County ranges from 17% to 58%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Millersport sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Fairfield County?

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

Fairfield County reports about 17 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 22nd-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 Fairfield County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.