Tick risk in Camp County, Texas
Camp County covers 2 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 Camp County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Camp County runs from Rocky Mound (moderate) at the high end to Pittsburg (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 49% to 67%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Rocky MoundModerate risk
- PittsburgModerate risk
Tick species in Camp 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 Camp 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 Camp 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 Camp County, TX
Professional tick control across Camp 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 Camp County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Camp County?
Most Camp 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 Camp County
Which towns in Camp County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Rocky Mound carries the highest modeled tick risk in Camp County, followed by Pittsburg. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Camp County ranges from 49% to 67%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Pittsburg sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Camp County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Camp 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 Camp County?
CDC reports too few cases in Camp 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 Camp County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.