Tree removal in Barker Heights, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Barker Heights that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 22, 2020 and June 3, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 520 households live in Barker Heights. About seven in ten homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1964. 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 Barker Heights, averages 88 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 14 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 Henderson County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024