Polk County, Tennessee
Tree removal in Benton, TN
Tree removal in Benton. The National Weather Service logged 11 storm reports with trees in them near Benton from 2016 through 2025, the latest on August 17, 2024. About six in ten homes in Benton are detached houses.
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What is particular to Benton
Storm reports near Benton
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 11 storm reports near Benton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 17, 2024; May 26, 2024; and May 16, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 540 households live in Benton. 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 1985.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 8 miles from Benton, averages 80 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 17 at or below 20°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 2 electric utilities with service territory in Polk County, among them Tri-State Electric Member Corp and Volunteer Electric Coop.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Tennessee state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Polk County.