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Tick risk in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
Kewaunee County covers 14 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 65 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 10% 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 Kewaunee County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Kewaunee County runs from Casco (moderate) at the high end to Luxemburg (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 17% to 39%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- CascoModerate risk
- FranklinModerate risk
- CascoModerate risk
- LincolnLow risk
- West KewauneeLow risk
Tick species in Kewaunee County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Kewaunee 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 Kewaunee 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 Kewaunee County, WI
Professional tick control across Kewaunee 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 Kewaunee County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Kewaunee County?
Most Kewaunee 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 Kewaunee County
Which towns in Kewaunee County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Casco carries the highest modeled tick risk in Kewaunee County, followed by Franklin, Casco, Lincoln, West Kewaunee. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Kewaunee County ranges from 17% to 39%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Luxemburg sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Kewaunee County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Kewaunee 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 Kewaunee County?
Kewaunee County reports about 65 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 10% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 55th-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 Kewaunee County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.