Tick risk in Morgan County, West Virginia
Morgan County covers 2 towns and carries the 34th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 164 cases per 100,000 people a year (43rd of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists Deer 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 Morgan County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Morgan County runs from Paw Paw (moderate) at the high end to Bath (Berkeley Springs) (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 58% to 64%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Paw PawModerate risk
- Bath (Berkeley Springs)Moderate risk
Tick species in Morgan County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- 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 Morgan 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 Morgan 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 Morgan County, WV
Professional tick control across Morgan 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 Morgan County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Morgan County?
Most Morgan 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 Morgan County
Which towns in Morgan County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Paw Paw carries the highest modeled tick risk in Morgan County, followed by Bath (Berkeley Springs). Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Morgan County ranges from 58% to 64%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Bath (Berkeley Springs) sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Morgan County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Morgan County: Deer 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 Morgan County?
Morgan County reports about 164 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 43rd-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 34th-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 Morgan County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.