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Tick risk in Josephine County, Oregon
Josephine County covers 6 towns and carries the 1st-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Oregon's 36 counties, with a Lyme rate of 11 cases per 100,000 people a year (0th of 0 counties in the West). Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Josephine County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Josephine County runs from New Hope (moderate) at the high end to Grants Pass (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 31% to 83%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- New HopeModerate risk
- MerlinModerate risk
- WilliamsModerate risk
- Cave JunctionModerate risk
- RedwoodModerate risk
Tick species in Josephine County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Josephine 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 Josephine 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 Josephine County, OR
Professional tick control across Josephine 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 Josephine County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Josephine County?
Most Josephine 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 Josephine County
Which towns in Josephine County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, New Hope carries the highest modeled tick risk in Josephine County, followed by Merlin, Williams, Cave Junction, Redwood. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Josephine County ranges from 31% to 83%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Grants Pass sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Josephine County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Josephine County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the west. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.
Is Lyme disease common in Josephine County?
Josephine County reports about 11 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 1st-highest of Oregon's 36 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 Josephine County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.