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Tick risk in Greenbrier County, West Virginia

Greenbrier County covers 8 towns and carries the 26th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 219 cases per 100,000 people a year (30th of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists Deer tick and American dog 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 Greenbrier County

Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.

At the summer peak, tick risk across Greenbrier County runs from Quinwood (high) at the high end to Lewisburg (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 49% to 76%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Greenbrier County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

  • Deer tickEstablished
  • American dog tickEstablished
  • 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 Greenbrier County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme disease

Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Greenbrier County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Greenbrier County, WV

Professional tick control across Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Greenbrier County?

Most Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier County

Which towns in Greenbrier County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Quinwood carries the highest modeled tick risk in Greenbrier County, followed by Ronceverte, Rupert, White Sulphur Springs, Alderson. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Greenbrier County ranges from 49% to 76%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Lewisburg sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Greenbrier County?

CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Greenbrier County: Deer tick, American dog 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 Greenbrier County?

Greenbrier County reports about 219 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 30th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 26th-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 Greenbrier County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.