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Tick risk in Marathon County, Wisconsin

Marathon County covers 56 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 163 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 6% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer 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 Marathon County

Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.

At the summer peak, tick risk across Marathon County runs from Guenther (moderate) at the high end to Unity (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 14% to 78%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

GuentherModerate risk
Rib MountainModerate risk
HarrisonModerate risk
PloverModerate risk
KronenwetterModerate risk

Tick species in Marathon County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

Deer tickEstablished
American dog tickReported
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 Marathon County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.

Diseases found in local ticks

Lyme diseaseAnaplasmosisBabesiosisBorrelia miyamotoi (relapsing fever)

Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Marathon County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.

Tick control in Marathon County, WI

Professional tick control across Marathon 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 Marathon County's more wooded towns.

How much does tick control cost in Marathon County?

Most Marathon 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 Marathon County

Which towns in Marathon County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Guenther carries the highest modeled tick risk in Marathon County, followed by Rib Mountain, Harrison, Plover, Kronenwetter. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Marathon County ranges from 14% to 78%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Unity sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Marathon County?

CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Marathon County: Deer 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 Marathon County?

Marathon County reports about 163 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 6% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 33rd-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 Marathon County

Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.