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Tick risk in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Eau Claire County covers 18 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 190 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 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 Eau Claire County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Eau Claire County runs from Wilson (high) at the high end to Otter Creek (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 24% to 83%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- WilsonHigh risk
- FairchildHigh risk
- LudingtonHigh risk
- SeymourHigh risk
- Bridge CreekHigh risk
Tick species in Eau Claire County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Eau Claire County, WI
Professional tick control across Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Eau Claire County?
Most Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire County
Which towns in Eau Claire County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Wilson carries the highest modeled tick risk in Eau Claire County, followed by Fairchild, Ludington, Seymour, Bridge Creek. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Eau Claire County ranges from 24% to 83%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Otter Creek sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Eau Claire County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire County?
Eau Claire County reports about 190 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 5% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 30th-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 Eau Claire County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.