Tick risk in Webster County, West Virginia
Webster County covers 3 towns and carries the 2nd-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of West Virginia's 55 counties, with a Lyme rate of 535 cases per 100,000 people a year (2nd 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 Webster County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Webster County runs from Camden-on-Gauley (high) at the high end to Cowen (high) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 50% to 81%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Camden-on-GauleyHigh risk
- Addison (Webster Springs)High risk
- CowenHigh risk
Tick species in Webster 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 Webster 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 Webster County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Webster County, WV
Professional tick control across Webster 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 Webster County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Webster County?
Most Webster 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 Webster County
Which towns in Webster County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Camden-on-Gauley carries the highest modeled tick risk in Webster County, followed by Addison (Webster Springs), Cowen. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Webster County ranges from 50% to 81%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Cowen sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Webster County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Webster 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 Webster County?
Webster County reports about 535 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 2nd-highest of 1378 counties in the South and the 2nd-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 Webster County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.