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Tick risk in Uintah County, Utah
Uintah 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 Uintah County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Uintah 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 Uintah 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 Uintah 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 Uintah County, UT
Professional tick control across Uintah 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 Uintah County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Uintah County?
Most Uintah 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 Uintah County
Which towns in Uintah County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Naples carries the highest modeled tick risk in Uintah County, followed by Maeser, Ballard, Vernal. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Uintah County ranges from 0% to 12%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Vernal sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Uintah County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Uintah 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 Uintah County?
CDC reports too few cases in Uintah County to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties. That does not mean the risk is zero: Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the Northeast.
All towns in Uintah County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.