Tree removal in Butler, GA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Butler that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 15, 2024 and June 15, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 690 households live in Butler. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1979. 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 19 miles from Butler, averages 54 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 6 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 Taylor County, among them Georgia Power Co and Flint Electric Membership Corp; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024