Tree removal in Branson, MO

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 13 storm reports near Branson that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 30, 2023; July 14, 2023; and August 8, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 5,660 households live in Branson. About three in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1996. 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 7 miles from Branson, averages 87 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 22 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 5 electric utilities with service territory in Taney County, among them Empire District Electric Co and Entergy Arkansas LLC; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024