Tick risk in Putnam County, West Virginia
Putnam County covers 6 towns and carries the 48th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 67 cases per 100,000 people a year (74th of 1378 counties in the South). CDC surveillance lists Deer tick, American dog tick, and Lone star 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 Putnam County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Putnam County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Putnam 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 Putnam County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Putnam County, WV
Professional tick control across Putnam 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 Putnam County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Putnam County?
Most Putnam 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 Putnam County
Which towns in Putnam County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Winfield carries the highest modeled tick risk in Putnam County, followed by Buffalo, Eleanor, Poca, Bancroft. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Putnam County ranges from 27% to 69%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Hurricane sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Putnam County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Putnam County: Deer tick, American dog tick, Lone star 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 Putnam County?
Putnam County reports about 67 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 74th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 48th-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 Putnam County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.