Tree removal in Arlington, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Arlington that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 12, 2023; August 11, 2021; and July 19, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,160 households live in Arlington. About three in ten homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1970. 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 2 miles from Arlington, averages 135 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 53 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 2 electric utilities with service territory in Dutchess County, among them Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp and New York State Elec & Gas Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024