Tick risk in Robertson County, Texas
Robertson 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 Robertson County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Robertson County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickEstablished
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Robertson 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 Robertson 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 Robertson County, TX
Professional tick control across Robertson 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 Robertson County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Robertson County?
Most Robertson 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 Robertson County
Which towns in Robertson County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Calvert carries the highest modeled tick risk in Robertson County, followed by Bremond, Hearne, Franklin. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Robertson County ranges from 27% to 36%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Franklin sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Robertson County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Robertson 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 Robertson County?
CDC reports too few cases in Robertson 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 Robertson County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.