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Tick risk in Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Chippewa County covers 31 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 178 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 5% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. 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 Chippewa County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Chippewa County runs from Birch Creek (high) at the high end to Boyd (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 10% to 83%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Birch CreekHigh risk
- Lake HolcombeHigh risk
- CornellModerate risk
- ClevelandModerate risk
- RubyModerate risk
Tick species in Chippewa County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Chippewa 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 Chippewa County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Chippewa County, WI
Professional tick control across Chippewa 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 Chippewa County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Chippewa County?
Most Chippewa 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 Chippewa County
Which towns in Chippewa County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Birch Creek carries the highest modeled tick risk in Chippewa County, followed by Lake Holcombe, Cornell, Cleveland, Ruby. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Chippewa County ranges from 10% to 83%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Boyd sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Chippewa County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County?
Chippewa County reports about 178 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 5% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 31st-highest of Wisconsin's 72 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 Chippewa County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.