Tick risk in Nicholas County, West Virginia
Nicholas County covers 2 towns and carries the 37th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 141 cases per 100,000 people a year (47th 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 Nicholas County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Nicholas County runs from Richwood (high) at the high end to Summersville (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 57% to 74%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- RichwoodHigh risk
- SummersvilleModerate risk
Tick species in Nicholas 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 Nicholas 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 Nicholas County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Nicholas County, WV
Professional tick control across Nicholas 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 Nicholas County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Nicholas County?
Most Nicholas 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 Nicholas County
Which towns in Nicholas County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Richwood carries the highest modeled tick risk in Nicholas County, followed by Summersville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Nicholas County ranges from 57% to 74%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Summersville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Nicholas County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Nicholas 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 Nicholas County?
Nicholas County reports about 141 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 47th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 37th-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 Nicholas County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.