Tick risk in Marshall County, West Virginia
Marshall County covers 5 towns and carries the 5th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 435 cases per 100,000 people a year (6th 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 Marshall County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Marshall County runs from Cameron (high) at the high end to Moundsville (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 38% to 72%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- CameronHigh risk
- BenwoodHigh risk
- McMechenHigh risk
- Glen DaleHigh risk
- MoundsvilleHigh risk
Tick species in Marshall 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 Marshall 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 Marshall 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 Marshall County, WV
Professional tick control across Marshall 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 Marshall County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Marshall County?
Most Marshall 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 Marshall County
Which towns in Marshall County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Cameron carries the highest modeled tick risk in Marshall County, followed by Benwood, McMechen, Glen Dale, Moundsville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Marshall County ranges from 38% to 72%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Moundsville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Marshall County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Marshall 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 Marshall County?
Marshall County reports about 435 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 6th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 5th-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 Marshall County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.