Tree removal in Chelsea, AL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Chelsea that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 12, 2020 and June 22, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 5,530 households live in Chelsea. Almost all the homes are detached houses and about nine in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2007.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 12 miles from Chelsea, averages 51 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 4 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 Shelby County, among them Alabama Power Co and Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024