Tick risk in Green Lake County, Wisconsin
Green Lake County covers 6 towns and carries the 48th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Wisconsin's 70 counties, with a Lyme rate of 96 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 Lake County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Green Lake County runs from Kingston (moderate) at the high end to Markesan (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 22% to 50%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- KingstonModerate risk
- PrincetonModerate risk
- MarquetteModerate risk
- Green LakeModerate risk
- BerlinModerate risk
Tick species in Green Lake 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 Lake 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 Lake 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 Lake County, WI
Professional tick control across Green Lake 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 Lake County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Green Lake County?
Most Green Lake 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 Lake County
Which towns in Green Lake County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Kingston carries the highest modeled tick risk in Green Lake County, followed by Princeton, Marquette, Green Lake, Berlin. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Green Lake County ranges from 22% to 50%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Markesan sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Green Lake County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Green Lake 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 Lake County?
Green Lake County reports about 96 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 48th-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 Lake County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.