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Tick risk in Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Juniata County covers 17 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 140 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 7% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. 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 Juniata County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Juniata County runs from Lack Township (moderate) at the high end to Port Royal Borough (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 25% to 88%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Lack TownshipModerate risk
- Tuscarora TownshipModerate risk
- Milford TownshipModerate risk
- Greenwood TownshipModerate risk
- Beale TownshipModerate risk
Tick species in Juniata County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- 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 Juniata County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Juniata County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Juniata County, PA
Professional tick control across Juniata 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 Juniata County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Juniata County?
Most Juniata 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 Juniata County
Which towns in Juniata County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Lack Township carries the highest modeled tick risk in Juniata County, followed by Tuscarora Township, Milford Township, Greenwood Township, Beale Township. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Juniata County ranges from 25% to 88%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Port Royal Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Juniata County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Juniata 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 Juniata County?
Juniata County reports about 140 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 7% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 31st-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 Juniata County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.