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Tick risk in Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Outagamie County covers 31 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 57 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 11% 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 Outagamie County

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

At the summer peak, tick risk across Outagamie County runs from Maine (moderate) at the high end to Seymour (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 10% to 48%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.

Tick species in Outagamie County

CDC county surveillance (established or reported)

  • Deer tickReported
  • American dog tickReported
  • Lone star tickNot established
  • Gulf Coast tickNot established

Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Outagamie 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 Outagamie 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 Outagamie County, WI

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

How much does tick control cost in Outagamie County?

Most Outagamie 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 Outagamie County

Which towns in Outagamie County have the highest tick risk?

At the summer peak, Maine carries the highest modeled tick risk in Outagamie County, followed by Liberty, Nichols, Combined Locks, Bovina. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Outagamie County ranges from 10% to 48%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Seymour sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.

What ticks live in Outagamie County?

CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Outagamie 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 Outagamie County?

Outagamie County reports about 57 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 11% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 56th-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 Outagamie County

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Tick risk where you live

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