Tick risk in Mineral County, West Virginia
Mineral County covers 5 towns and carries the 29th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 203 cases per 100,000 people a year (34th 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 Mineral County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Mineral County runs from Carpendale (high) at the high end to Ridgeley (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 41% to 86%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- CarpendaleHigh risk
- PiedmontHigh risk
- Elk GardenModerate risk
- KeyserModerate risk
- RidgeleyModerate risk
Tick species in Mineral 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 Mineral 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 Mineral 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 Mineral County, WV
Professional tick control across Mineral 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 Mineral County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Mineral County?
Most Mineral 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 Mineral County
Which towns in Mineral County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Carpendale carries the highest modeled tick risk in Mineral County, followed by Piedmont, Elk Garden, Keyser, Ridgeley. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Mineral County ranges from 41% to 86%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Ridgeley sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Mineral County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Mineral 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 Mineral County?
Mineral County reports about 203 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 34th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 29th-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 Mineral County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.