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Tick risk in Dodge County, Wisconsin

Dodge County covers 41 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 37 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 12% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. 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 Williamstown (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 4% to 39%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

NeoshoModerate risk
MayvilleModerate risk
AshippunModerate risk
HoriconModerate risk
Iron RidgeModerate risk

Tick species in Dodge County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickReported
American dog tickNot established
Lone star tickReported
Gulf Coast tickNot established

Reported 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, Ashippun, Horicon, Iron Ridge. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Dodge County ranges from 4% to 39%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Williamstown 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 county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Dodge County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the midwest. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.

Is Lyme disease common in Dodge County?

Dodge County reports about 37 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 12% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 66th-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 Dodge County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.