Tick risk in Ohio County, West Virginia
Ohio County covers 6 towns and carries the 10th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 323 cases per 100,000 people a year (12th 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 Ohio County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Ohio County runs from Valley Grove (high) at the high end to Triadelphia (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 63% to 87%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Valley GroveHigh risk
- BethlehemHigh risk
- ClearviewHigh risk
- West LibertyHigh risk
- WheelingHigh risk
Tick species in Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio County, WV
Professional tick control across Ohio 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 Ohio County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Ohio County?
Most Ohio 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 Ohio County
Which towns in Ohio County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Valley Grove carries the highest modeled tick risk in Ohio County, followed by Bethlehem, Clearview, West Liberty, Wheeling. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Ohio County ranges from 63% to 87%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Triadelphia sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Ohio County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Ohio 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 Ohio County?
Ohio County reports about 323 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 12th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 10th-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 Ohio County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.