Tree removal in Buchanan, GA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Buchanan that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 15, 2022; April 9, 2020; and August 1, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 440 households live in Buchanan. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1969. 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 15 miles from Buchanan, averages 65 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 8 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 Haralson County, among them Georgia Power Co and Carroll Electric Member Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024