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Tick risk in Butler County, Pennsylvania

Butler County covers 57 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 175 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 6% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer 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 Butler County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Butler County runs from Parker Township (high) at the high end to Saxonburg Borough (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 27% to 84%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Parker TownshipHigh risk
Cherry TownshipModerate risk
Brady TownshipModerate risk
Allegheny TownshipModerate risk
Fairview TownshipModerate risk

Tick species in Butler County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickReported
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 Butler County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme diseaseBabesiosisBorrelia miyamotoi (relapsing fever)Powassan virus

Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Butler County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Butler County, PA

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

How much does tick control cost in Butler County?

Most Butler 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 Butler County

Which towns in Butler County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Parker Township carries the highest modeled tick risk in Butler County, followed by Cherry Township, Brady Township, Allegheny Township, Fairview Township. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Butler County ranges from 27% to 84%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Saxonburg Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Butler County?

CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Butler County: Deer 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 Butler County?

Butler County reports about 175 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 6% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 25th-highest of Pennsylvania's 67 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 Butler County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.