Tick risk in Mason County, West Virginia
Mason County covers 6 towns and carries the 47th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 69 cases per 100,000 people a year (71st 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 Mason County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Mason County runs from Hartford City (high) at the high end to Mason (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 27% to 88%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Hartford CityHigh risk
- LeonModerate risk
- New HavenModerate risk
- HendersonModerate risk
- Point PleasantModerate risk
Tick species in Mason 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 Mason 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 Mason 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 Mason County, WV
Professional tick control across Mason 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 Mason County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Mason County?
Most Mason 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 Mason County
Which towns in Mason County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Hartford City carries the highest modeled tick risk in Mason County, followed by Leon, New Haven, Henderson, Point Pleasant. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Mason County ranges from 27% to 88%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Mason sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Mason County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Mason 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 Mason County?
Mason County reports about 69 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 71st-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 47th-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 Mason County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.