Tick risk in Green County, Wisconsin
Green County covers 6 towns and carries the 60th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Wisconsin's 70 counties, with a Lyme rate of 51 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 Green County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Green County runs from Albany (moderate) at the high end to Monticello (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 18% to 36%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- AlbanyModerate risk
- New GlarusLow risk
- BrowntownLow risk
- BrodheadLow risk
- MonroeLow risk
Tick species in Green 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 Green 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 Green 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 Green County, WI
Professional tick control across Green 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 Green County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Green County?
Most Green 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 Green County
Which towns in Green County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Albany carries the highest modeled tick risk in Green County, followed by New Glarus, Browntown, Brodhead, Monroe. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Green County ranges from 18% to 36%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Monticello sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Green County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Green 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 Green County?
Green County reports about 51 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 60th-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 Green County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.