Tick risk in Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Tuscarawas County covers 19 towns and carries the 10th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Ohio's 88 counties, with a Lyme rate of 59 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 Tuscarawas County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Tuscarawas County runs from Stone Creek (moderate) at the high end to Tuscarawas (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 16% to 69%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Stone CreekModerate risk
- Mineral CityModerate risk
- BarnhillModerate risk
- RoswellModerate risk
- ZoarModerate risk
Tick species in Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County, OH
Professional tick control across Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Tuscarawas County?
Most Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County
Which towns in Tuscarawas County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Stone Creek carries the highest modeled tick risk in Tuscarawas County, followed by Mineral City, Barnhill, Roswell, Zoar. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Tuscarawas County ranges from 16% to 69%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Tuscarawas sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Tuscarawas County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas County?
Tuscarawas County reports about 59 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 10th-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 Tuscarawas County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.