Amherst County, Virginia
Tree removal in Amherst, VA
Tree removal in Amherst. The National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports with trees in them near Amherst from 2016 through 2025, the latest on July 9, 2025. About three quarters of the homes in Amherst are detached houses.
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What is particular to Amherst
Storm reports near Amherst
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Amherst that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 9, 2025; June 4, 2024; and July 25, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 910 households live in Amherst. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about seven in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1970.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 7 miles from Amherst, averages 105 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 26 at or below 20°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 3 electric utilities with service territory in Amherst County, among them Appalachian Power Co and Virginia Electric & Power Co; the county page names the other one.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Virginia state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Amherst County.