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Tick risk in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
Mifflin County covers 16 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 139 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 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 Mifflin County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Mifflin County runs from Armagh Township (moderate) at the high end to McVeytown 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.
- Armagh TownshipModerate risk
- Bratton TownshipModerate risk
- Wayne TownshipModerate risk
- Decatur TownshipModerate risk
- Granville TownshipModerate risk
Tick species in Mifflin 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 Mifflin 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 Mifflin County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Mifflin County, PA
Professional tick control across Mifflin 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 Mifflin County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Mifflin County?
Most Mifflin 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 Mifflin County
Which towns in Mifflin County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Armagh Township carries the highest modeled tick risk in Mifflin County, followed by Bratton Township, Wayne Township, Decatur Township, Granville Township. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Mifflin County ranges from 27% to 84%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. McVeytown Borough sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Mifflin County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Mifflin 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 Mifflin County?
Mifflin County reports about 139 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 7% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 33rd-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 Mifflin County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.