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Tick risk in Botetourt County, Virginia
Botetourt County covers 9 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 19 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 17% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Botetourt County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Botetourt County runs from Troutville (low) at the high end to Eagle Rock (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 43% to 95%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- TroutvilleLow risk
- CloverdaleLow risk
- BuchananLow risk
- LaymantownLow risk
- Blue RidgeLow risk
Tick species in Botetourt County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickReported
- 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 Botetourt 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 Botetourt 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 Botetourt County, VA
Professional tick control across Botetourt 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 Botetourt County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Botetourt County?
Most Botetourt 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 Botetourt County
Which towns in Botetourt County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Troutville carries the highest modeled tick risk in Botetourt County, followed by Cloverdale, Buchanan, Laymantown, Blue Ridge. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Botetourt County ranges from 43% to 95%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Eagle Rock sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Botetourt County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Botetourt County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the south. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.
Is Lyme disease common in Botetourt County?
Botetourt County reports about 19 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 17% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 46th-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 Botetourt County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.