Tree removal in Ballston Spa, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Ballston Spa that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated December 11, 2021; August 13, 2021; and August 21, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,150 households live in Ballston Spa. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about six in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1940.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Ballston Spa, averages 144 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 64 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 Saratoga County, among them New York State Elec & Gas Corp and Niagara Mohawk Power Corp..

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024