Tree removal in Buckeystown, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Buckeystown that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 23, 2020; June 13, 2019; and April 19, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 470 households live in Buckeystown. About half the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1995.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 6 miles from Buckeystown, averages 84 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 2 electric utilities with service territory in Frederick County, among them The Potomac Edison Company and Thurmont Municipal Light Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024