Tick risk in Jim Wells County, Texas
Jim Wells County covers 3 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 Jim Wells County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Jim Wells County runs from Premont (moderate) at the high end to Orange Grove (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 20% to 40%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- PremontModerate risk
- AliceLow risk
- Orange GroveLow risk
Tick species in Jim Wells County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickEstablished
- 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 Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells County, TX
Professional tick control across Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Jim Wells County?
Most Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells County
Which towns in Jim Wells County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Premont carries the highest modeled tick risk in Jim Wells County, followed by Alice, Orange Grove. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Jim Wells County ranges from 20% to 40%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Orange Grove sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Jim Wells County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Jim Wells County: American dog tick, 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 Jim Wells County?
CDC reports too few cases in Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.