Tick risk in Taylor County, West Virginia
Taylor County covers 2 towns and carries the 30th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 195 cases per 100,000 people a year (35th 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 Taylor County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Taylor County runs from Flemington (moderate) at the high end to Grafton (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 64% to 66%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- FlemingtonModerate risk
- GraftonModerate risk
Tick species in Taylor 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 Taylor 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 Taylor 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 Taylor County, WV
Professional tick control across Taylor 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 Taylor County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Taylor County?
Most Taylor 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 Taylor County
Which towns in Taylor County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Flemington carries the highest modeled tick risk in Taylor County, followed by Grafton. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Taylor County ranges from 64% to 66%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Grafton sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Taylor County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Taylor 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 Taylor County?
Taylor County reports about 195 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 35th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 30th-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 Taylor County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.