Tick risk in Charlotte County, Virginia
Charlotte County covers 4 towns and carries the 21st-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Virginia's 110 counties, with a Lyme rate of 44 cases per 100,000 people a year (85th of 1378 counties in the South). Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Charlotte County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Charlotte County runs from Drakes Branch (low) at the high end to Keysville (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 61% to 81%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Drakes BranchLow risk
- PhenixLow risk
- Charlotte Court HouseLow risk
- KeysvilleLow risk
Tick species in Charlotte County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte County, VA
Professional tick control across Charlotte 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 Charlotte County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Charlotte County?
Most Charlotte 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 Charlotte County
Which towns in Charlotte County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Drakes Branch carries the highest modeled tick risk in Charlotte County, followed by Phenix, Charlotte Court House, Keysville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Charlotte County ranges from 61% to 81%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Keysville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Charlotte County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Charlotte 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 Charlotte County?
Charlotte County reports about 44 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 85th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 21st-highest of Virginia's 110 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 Charlotte County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.