Tree removal in Ballplay, AL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Ballplay that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 6, 2023; April 1, 2023; and June 28, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 420 households live in Ballplay. About half the homes are detached houses and almost all the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1994.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 11 miles from Ballplay, averages 53 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 6 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Etowah County, among them Alabama Power Co and Cherokee Electric Coop; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024