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Tick risk in Vernon County, Wisconsin
Vernon County covers 32 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 162 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 Vernon County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Vernon County runs from De Soto (high) at the high end to Viroqua (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 19% to 81%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- De SotoHigh risk
- StarkHigh risk
- WhitestownHigh risk
- WheatlandHigh risk
- ChaseburgHigh risk
Tick species in Vernon County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Vernon County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Vernon County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Vernon County, WI
Professional tick control across Vernon 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 Vernon County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Vernon County?
Most Vernon 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 Vernon County
Which towns in Vernon County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, De Soto carries the highest modeled tick risk in Vernon County, followed by Stark, Whitestown, Wheatland, Chaseburg. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Vernon County ranges from 19% to 81%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Viroqua sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Vernon County?
CDC surveillance records one established tick species in Vernon 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 Vernon County?
Vernon County reports about 162 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 6% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 34th-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 Vernon County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.