Tick risk in Callahan County, Texas
Callahan County covers 4 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 Callahan County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Callahan County runs from Putnam (moderate) at the high end to Clyde (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 20% to 33%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- PutnamModerate risk
- Cross PlainsModerate risk
- BairdModerate risk
- ClydeModerate risk
Tick species in Callahan County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickEstablished
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Callahan 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 Callahan 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 Callahan County, TX
Professional tick control across Callahan 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 Callahan County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Callahan County?
Most Callahan 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 Callahan County
Which towns in Callahan County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Putnam carries the highest modeled tick risk in Callahan County, followed by Cross Plains, Baird, Clyde. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Callahan County ranges from 20% to 33%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Clyde sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Callahan County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Callahan County: Gulf Coast tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease. "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 Callahan County?
CDC reports too few cases in Callahan County to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties, and typical this far south. That does not mean the risk is zero: the lone star tick, not Lyme, is the bigger local concern.
All towns in Callahan County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.