Tick risk in Shawano County, Wisconsin
Shawano County covers 11 towns and carries the 26th-highest tick-borne-disease baseline of Wisconsin's 70 counties, with a Lyme rate of 200 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 Shawano County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Shawano 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 Shawano 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 Shawano 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 Shawano County, WI
Professional tick control across Shawano 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 Shawano County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Shawano County?
Most Shawano 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 Shawano County
Which towns in Shawano County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Aniwa carries the highest modeled tick risk in Shawano County, followed by Tigerton, Eland, Mattoon, Bowler. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Shawano County ranges from 24% to 70%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Cecil sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Shawano County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Shawano 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 Shawano County?
Shawano County reports about 200 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), the 0th-highest of 0 counties in the Midwest and the 26th-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 Shawano County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.