Tree removal in Blue Ridge, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Blue Ridge that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 26, 2025; May 27, 2022; and May 4, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,180 households live in Blue Ridge. Almost all the homes are detached houses and almost all the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1977.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 8 miles from Blue Ridge, averages 97 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 19 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Botetourt County, among them Appalachian Power Co and Virginia Electric & Power Co; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024