Tree removal in Chatham, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near Chatham that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 17, 2024; September 7, 2023; and July 13, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 780 households live in Chatham. 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 1940. 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 Chatham, averages 144 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 65 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 Columbia County, among them Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp and New York State Elec & Gas Corp; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024