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Tick risk in Vilas County, Wisconsin
Vilas County covers 15 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 230 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 4% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. 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 Vilas County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Vilas County runs from Presque Isle (high) at the high end to Eagle River (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 41% to 96%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Presque IsleHigh risk
- St. GermainHigh risk
- WinchesterHigh risk
- CloverlandHigh risk
- Plum LakeHigh risk
Tick species in Vilas County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- 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 Vilas 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 Vilas County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Vilas County, WI
Professional tick control across Vilas 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 Vilas County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Vilas County?
Most Vilas 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 Vilas County
Which towns in Vilas County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Presque Isle carries the highest modeled tick risk in Vilas County, followed by St. Germain, Winchester, Cloverland, Plum Lake. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Vilas County ranges from 41% to 96%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Eagle River sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Vilas County?
CDC surveillance records 2 established tick species in Vilas 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 Vilas County?
Vilas County reports about 230 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 4% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 19th-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 Vilas County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.