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Tick risk in Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Winnebago County covers 21 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 53 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 Winnebago County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Winnebago County runs from Neenah (moderate) at the high end to Nekimi (low) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 9% to 34%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- NeenahModerate risk
- MenashaModerate risk
- Fox CrossingModerate risk
- NeenahModerate risk
- Black WolfModerate risk
Tick species in Winnebago County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickReported
- American dog tickNot established
- Lone star tickReported
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Reported in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Winnebago 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 Winnebago 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 Winnebago County, WI
Professional tick control across Winnebago 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 Winnebago County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Winnebago County?
Most Winnebago 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 Winnebago County
Which towns in Winnebago County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Neenah carries the highest modeled tick risk in Winnebago County, followed by Menasha, Fox Crossing, Neenah, Black Wolf. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Winnebago County ranges from 9% to 34%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Nekimi sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Winnebago County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Winnebago 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 Winnebago County?
Winnebago County reports about 53 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 11% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 58th-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 Winnebago County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.