Tick risk in Monongalia County, West Virginia
Monongalia County covers 5 towns and carries the 36th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 155 cases per 100,000 people a year (44th 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 Monongalia County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Monongalia County runs from Blacksville (high) at the high end to Granville (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 45% to 84%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- BlacksvilleHigh risk
- MorgantownModerate risk
- WestoverModerate risk
- Star CityModerate risk
- GranvilleModerate risk
Tick species in Monongalia County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Monongalia County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Monongalia County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Monongalia County, WV
Professional tick control across Monongalia 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 Monongalia County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Monongalia County?
Most Monongalia 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 Monongalia County
Which towns in Monongalia County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Blacksville carries the highest modeled tick risk in Monongalia County, followed by Morgantown, Westover, Star City, Granville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Monongalia County ranges from 45% to 84%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Granville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Monongalia County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Monongalia 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 Monongalia County?
Monongalia County reports about 155 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 44th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 36th-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 Monongalia County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.