Tick risk in Hale County, Texas
Hale 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 Hale County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Hale County runs from Abernathy (low) at the high end to Edmonson (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 1% to 3%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- AbernathyLow risk
- PetersburgLow risk
- PlainviewLow risk
- Hale CenterLow risk
- EdmonsonLow risk
Tick species in Hale County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickEstablished
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Hale 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 Hale 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 Hale County, TX
Professional tick control across Hale 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 Hale County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Hale County?
Most Hale 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 Hale County
Which towns in Hale County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Abernathy carries the highest modeled tick risk in Hale County, followed by Petersburg, Plainview, Hale Center, Edmonson. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Hale County ranges from 1% to 3%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Edmonson sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Hale County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Hale 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 Hale County?
CDC reports too few cases in Hale 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 Hale County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.