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Tick risk in Logan County, West Virginia

Logan County covers 5 towns and carries the 54th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 16 cases per 100,000 people a year (130th of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists Deer tick, 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 Logan County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Logan County runs from West Logan (moderate) at the high end to Chapmanville (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 51% to 88%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Logan County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

  • Deer tickEstablished
  • American dog tickEstablished
  • Lone star tickEstablished
  • Gulf Coast tickReported

Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Logan 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 Logan 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 Logan County, WV

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

How much does tick control cost in Logan County?

Most Logan 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 Logan County

Which towns in Logan County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, West Logan carries the highest modeled tick risk in Logan County, followed by Mitchell Heights, Logan, Man, Chapmanville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Logan County ranges from 51% to 88%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Chapmanville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Logan County?

CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Logan County: Deer tick, 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 Logan County?

Logan County reports about 16 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 130th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 54th-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 Logan County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.