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Tick risk in Braxton County, West Virginia
Braxton County covers 4 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 370 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 2% 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 Braxton County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Braxton County runs from Burnsville (high) at the high end to Sutton (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 68% to 77%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- BurnsvilleHigh risk
- FlatwoodsHigh risk
- GassawayHigh risk
- SuttonHigh risk
Tick species in Braxton 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 Braxton 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 Braxton 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 Braxton County, WV
Professional tick control across Braxton 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 Braxton County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Braxton County?
Most Braxton 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 Braxton County
Which towns in Braxton County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Burnsville carries the highest modeled tick risk in Braxton County, followed by Flatwoods, Gassaway, Sutton. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Braxton County ranges from 68% to 77%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Sutton sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Braxton County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Braxton County: Deer tick. The blacklegged (deer) tick is the main carrier of Lyme disease in the Northeast. "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 Braxton County?
Braxton County reports about 370 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 2% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 9th-highest of West Virginia's 55 counties). Lyme is the dominant blacklegged-tick disease, so TickZone uses this county rate as the disease baseline behind every town's score.
All towns in Braxton County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.