Tree removal in Abbeville, SC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Abbeville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 7, 2025; August 3, 2022; and July 10, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,030 households live in Abbeville. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1966. With that many rentals, a tree at a rented home usually goes to the landlord or property manager first; the lease generally says who arranges and pays for tree work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 12 miles from Abbeville, averages 65 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 9 at or below 20°F.

Ice, snow and broken limbs

Source: NOAA Climate Normals

Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 5 electric utilities with service territory in Abbeville County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and City of Abbeville; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024