Tick risk in McDowell County, West Virginia
McDowell County covers 10 towns and carries the 52nd-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 40 cases per 100,000 people a year (94th of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists 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 McDowell County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in McDowell County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for McDowell 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 McDowell 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 McDowell County, WV
Professional tick control across McDowell 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 McDowell County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in McDowell County?
Most McDowell 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 McDowell County
Which towns in McDowell County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Davy carries the highest modeled tick risk in McDowell County, followed by Anawalt, Northfork, Iaeger, Bradshaw. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across McDowell County ranges from 80% to 98%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Welch sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in McDowell County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in McDowell County: 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 McDowell County?
McDowell County reports about 40 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 94th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 52nd-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 McDowell County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.