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Tick risk in Augusta County, Virginia
Augusta County covers 18 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 27 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 16% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick as established here. Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Augusta County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Augusta County runs from Churchville (low) at the high end to Middlebrook (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 22% to 82%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- ChurchvilleLow risk
- CrimoraLow risk
- JolivueLow risk
- HarristonLow risk
- DoomsLow risk
Tick species in Augusta County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Augusta 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 Augusta 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 Augusta County, VA
Professional tick control across Augusta 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 Augusta County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Augusta County?
Most Augusta 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 Augusta County
Which towns in Augusta County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Churchville carries the highest modeled tick risk in Augusta County, followed by Crimora, Jolivue, Harriston, Dooms. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Augusta County ranges from 22% to 82%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Middlebrook sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Augusta County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Augusta County: Deer 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 Augusta County?
Augusta County reports about 27 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 16% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 35th-highest of Virginia's 132 counties). Lyme is a smaller factor here than in the Northeast, but TickZone still uses this county rate as part of the disease baseline behind every town's score, alongside local lone-star tick pressure.
All towns in Augusta County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.