Tick risk in Harrison County, West Virginia
Harrison County covers 10 towns and carries the 28th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 208 cases per 100,000 people a year (32nd 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 Harrison County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Harrison County runs from Salem (high) at the high end to Bridgeport (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 43% to 81%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- SalemHigh risk
- ClarksburgModerate risk
- ShinnstonModerate risk
- Nutter FortModerate risk
- LumberportModerate risk
Tick species in Harrison County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Harrison 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 Harrison 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 Harrison County, WV
Professional tick control across Harrison 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 Harrison County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Harrison County?
Most Harrison 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 Harrison County
Which towns in Harrison County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Salem carries the highest modeled tick risk in Harrison County, followed by Clarksburg, Shinnston, Nutter Fort, Lumberport. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Harrison County ranges from 43% to 81%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Bridgeport sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Harrison County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Harrison 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 Harrison County?
Harrison County reports about 208 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 32nd-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 28th-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 Harrison County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.