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Tick risk in Pendleton County, West Virginia
Pendleton County covers 2 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 299 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 3% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Pendleton County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Pendleton County runs from Brandywine (high) at the high end to Franklin (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 33% to 56%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- BrandywineHigh risk
- FranklinModerate risk
Tick species in Pendleton County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Pendleton 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 Pendleton 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 Pendleton County, WV
Professional tick control across Pendleton 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 Pendleton County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Pendleton County?
Most Pendleton 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 Pendleton County
Which towns in Pendleton County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Brandywine carries the highest modeled tick risk in Pendleton County, followed by Franklin. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Pendleton County ranges from 33% to 56%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Franklin sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Pendleton County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Pendleton County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the south. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.
Is Lyme disease common in Pendleton County?
Pendleton County reports about 299 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 3% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 15th-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 Pendleton County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.