Tick risk in Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Pocahontas County covers 3 towns and carries the 12th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 316 cases per 100,000 people a year (14th 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 Pocahontas County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Pocahontas County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- 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 Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Pocahontas County, WV
Professional tick control across Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Pocahontas County?
Most Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County
Which towns in Pocahontas County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Durbin carries the highest modeled tick risk in Pocahontas County, followed by Marlinton, Hillsboro. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Pocahontas County ranges from 13% to 80%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Hillsboro sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Pocahontas County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas County?
Pocahontas County reports about 316 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 14th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 12th-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 Pocahontas County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.