Tick risk in Brooke County, West Virginia
Brooke County covers 5 towns and carries the 21st-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 250 cases per 100,000 people a year (25th of 1378 counties in the South). 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 Brooke County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Brooke County runs from Bethany (high) at the high end to Wellsburg (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 46% to 79%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- BethanyHigh risk
- Beech BottomHigh risk
- Windsor HeightsHigh risk
- FollansbeeHigh risk
- WellsburgHigh risk
Tick species in Brooke County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Brooke 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 Brooke 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 Brooke County, WV
Professional tick control across Brooke 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 Brooke County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Brooke County?
Most Brooke 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 Brooke County
Which towns in Brooke County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Bethany carries the highest modeled tick risk in Brooke County, followed by Beech Bottom, Windsor Heights, Follansbee, Wellsburg. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Brooke County ranges from 46% to 79%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Wellsburg sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Brooke County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Brooke 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 Brooke County?
Brooke County reports about 250 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 25th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 21st-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 Brooke County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.