Tick risk in Lincoln County, West Virginia
Lincoln County covers 2 towns and carries the 44th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 79 cases per 100,000 people a year (62nd of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists American dog tick and Lone star 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 Lincoln County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Lincoln County runs from West Hamlin (moderate) at the high end to Hamlin (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 48% to 68%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- West HamlinModerate risk
- HamlinModerate risk
Tick species in Lincoln County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, WV
Professional tick control across Lincoln 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 Lincoln County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Lincoln County?
Most Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
Which towns in Lincoln County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, West Hamlin carries the highest modeled tick risk in Lincoln County, followed by Hamlin. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Lincoln County ranges from 48% to 68%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Hamlin sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Lincoln County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Lincoln County: American dog tick, Lone star 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 Lincoln County?
Lincoln County reports about 79 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 62nd-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 44th-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 Lincoln County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.