Travis County, Texas
Tree removal in Austin, TX
Tree removal in Austin. The National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports with trees in them near Austin from 2016 through 2025, the latest on May 28, 2025. About four in ten homes in Austin are detached houses.
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What is particular to Austin
Storm reports near Austin
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Austin that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 28, 2025; April 29, 2020; and June 9, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 440,290 households live in Austin. About four 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 1993. 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.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Austin, averages 12 nights a year with a low at or below 32°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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Travis County, among them Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and Austin Energy; the county page names the other 2.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Texas state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Texas Department of Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Travis County.