Tick risk in Bon Homme County, South Dakota

Bon Homme County covers 5 towns. CDC reports too few cases here to publish a county Lyme rate, but each town still has a daily score built from local weather, habitat, and season. Pick your town below for today's reading.

Highest and lowest tick risk in Bon Homme County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Bon Homme County runs from Tabor (low) at the high end to Tyndall (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 12% to 32%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Bon Homme 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 Bon Homme 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 Bon Homme 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 Bon Homme County, SD

Professional tick control across Bon Homme 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 Bon Homme County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Bon Homme County?

Most Bon Homme 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 Bon Homme County

Which towns in Bon Homme County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Tabor carries the highest modeled tick risk in Bon Homme County, followed by Springfield, Scotland, Avon, Tyndall. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Bon Homme County ranges from 12% to 32%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Tyndall sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Bon Homme County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Bon Homme 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 Bon Homme County?

CDC reports too few cases in Bon Homme County to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties. That does not mean the risk is zero: Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the Northeast.

All towns in Bon Homme County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.