Tree removal in Centreville, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Centreville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 21, 2022; July 12, 2022; and July 22, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 24,910 households live in Centreville. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1991. With most homes attached or in apartment buildings, many trees here stand on shared, association or public land, and whoever owns that land arranges the work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 7 miles from Centreville, averages 102 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 25 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 Fairfax County, among them Virginia Electric & Power Co and Northern Virginia Elec Coop.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024