Tick risk in Dodge County, Wisconsin
Dodge County covers 17 towns and carries the 66th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Wisconsin's 70 counties, with a Lyme rate of 37 cases per 100,000 people a year (0th of 0 counties in the Midwest). 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 Dodge County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Dodge County runs from Neosho (moderate) at the high end to Randolph (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 11% to 39%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- NeoshoModerate risk
- MayvilleLow risk
- HoriconLow risk
- Iron RidgeLow risk
- LowellLow risk
Tick species in Dodge County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- 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 Dodge 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 Dodge 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 Dodge County, WI
Professional tick control across Dodge 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 Dodge County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Dodge County?
Most Dodge 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 Dodge County
Which towns in Dodge County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Neosho carries the highest modeled tick risk in Dodge County, followed by Mayville, Horicon, Iron Ridge, Lowell. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Dodge County ranges from 11% to 39%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Randolph sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Dodge County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Dodge 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 Dodge County?
Dodge County reports about 37 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 66th-highest of Wisconsin's 70 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 Dodge County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.