Tick risk in Roane County, West Virginia
Roane County covers 2 towns and carries the 25th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 222 cases per 100,000 people a year (29th 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 Roane County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Roane 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 Roane 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 Roane County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Roane County, WV
Professional tick control across Roane 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 Roane County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Roane County?
Most Roane 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 Roane County
Which towns in Roane County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Spencer carries the highest modeled tick risk in Roane County, followed by Reedy. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Roane County ranges from 33% to 62%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Reedy sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Roane County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Roane 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 Roane County?
Roane County reports about 222 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 29th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 25th-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 Roane County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.