Tick risk in Preston County, West Virginia
Preston County covers 10 towns and carries the 8th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 405 cases per 100,000 people a year (8th 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 Preston County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Preston County runs from Newburg (high) at the high end to Bruceton Mills (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 3% to 89%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- NewburgHigh risk
- RowlesburgHigh risk
- AlbrightHigh risk
- TunneltonHigh risk
- KingwoodHigh risk
Tick species in Preston 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 Preston 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 Preston County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Preston County, WV
Professional tick control across Preston 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 Preston County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Preston County?
Most Preston 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 Preston County
Which towns in Preston County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Newburg carries the highest modeled tick risk in Preston County, followed by Rowlesburg, Albright, Tunnelton, Kingwood. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Preston County ranges from 3% to 89%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Bruceton Mills sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Preston County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Preston 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 Preston County?
Preston County reports about 405 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 8th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 8th-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 Preston County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.