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Tick risk in Salt Lake County, Utah

Salt Lake County covers 24 towns and carries the 1st-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Utah's 29 counties, with a Lyme rate of 1 cases per 100,000 people a year (0th of 0 counties in the West). Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.

Highest and lowest tick risk in Salt Lake County

Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.

At the summer peak, tick risk across Salt Lake County runs from Brighton (moderate) at the high end to South Salt Lake (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 4% to 78%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

BrightonModerate risk
GraniteModerate risk
Emigration Canyon metro townshipModerate risk
AltaModerate risk
HolladayModerate risk

Tick species in Salt Lake County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickNot established
American dog tickReported
Lone star tickNot established
Gulf Coast tickNot established

Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County, UT

Professional tick control across Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Salt Lake County?

Most Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County

Which towns in Salt Lake County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Brighton carries the highest modeled tick risk in Salt Lake County, followed by Granite, Emigration Canyon metro township, Alta, Holladay. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Salt Lake County ranges from 4% to 78%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. South Salt Lake sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Salt Lake County?

CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Salt Lake County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the west. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.

Is Lyme disease common in Salt Lake County?

Salt Lake County reports about 1 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 1st-highest of Utah's 29 counties. Lyme is the dominant blacklegged-tick disease, so TickZone uses this county rate as the disease baseline behind every town's score.

All towns in Salt Lake County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.