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Tick risk in Oconto County, Wisconsin
Oconto County covers 28 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 246 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 3% 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 Oconto County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Oconto 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 Oconto 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 Oconto 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 Oconto County, WI
Professional tick control across Oconto 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 Oconto County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Oconto County?
Most Oconto 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 Oconto County
Which towns in Oconto County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Lakewood carries the highest modeled tick risk in Oconto County, followed by Riverview, Doty, Townsend, Mountain. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Oconto County ranges from 15% to 96%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Lena sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Oconto County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Oconto 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 Oconto County?
Oconto County reports about 246 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 3% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 15th-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 Oconto County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.