Tick risk in Tyler County, West Virginia
Tyler County covers 3 towns and carries the 11th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 322 cases per 100,000 people a year (13th 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 Tyler County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Tyler County runs from Friendly (high) at the high end to Sistersville (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 44% to 56%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- FriendlyHigh risk
- MiddlebourneHigh risk
- SistersvilleHigh risk
Tick species in Tyler County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickReported
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Tyler 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 Tyler 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 Tyler County, WV
Professional tick control across Tyler 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 Tyler County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Tyler County?
Most Tyler 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 Tyler County
Which towns in Tyler County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Friendly carries the highest modeled tick risk in Tyler County, followed by Middlebourne, Sistersville. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Tyler County ranges from 44% to 56%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Sistersville sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Tyler County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Tyler 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 Tyler County?
Tyler County reports about 322 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 13th-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 11th-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 Tyler County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.