Tree removal in Albany, GA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 29 storm reports near Albany that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 9, 2025; January 9, 2024; and August 8, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 27,580 households live in Albany. About half the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1974. 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 3 miles from Albany, averages 28 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 1 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 Dougherty County, among them Georgia Power Co and Albany Utility Board; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024