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Tick risk in Wythe County, Virginia
Wythe County covers 6 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 126 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 8% 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 Wythe County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Wythe County runs from Austinville (moderate) at the high end to Rural Retreat (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 25% to 48%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- AustinvilleModerate risk
- Max MeadowsModerate risk
- IvanhoeModerate risk
- Fort ChiswellModerate risk
- WythevilleModerate risk
Tick species in Wythe County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Wythe County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Wythe County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Wythe County, VA
Professional tick control across Wythe 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 Wythe County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Wythe County?
Most Wythe 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 Wythe County
Which towns in Wythe County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Austinville carries the highest modeled tick risk in Wythe County, followed by Max Meadows, Ivanhoe, Fort Chiswell, Wytheville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Wythe County ranges from 25% to 48%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Rural Retreat sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Wythe County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Wythe 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 Wythe County?
Wythe County reports about 126 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 8% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 9th-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 Wythe County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.