Swain County, North Carolina
Tree removal in Cherokee, NC
Tree removal in Cherokee. The National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports with trees in them near Cherokee from 2016 through 2025, the latest on July 16, 2024. About two thirds of the homes in Cherokee are detached houses.
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What is particular to Cherokee
Storm reports near Cherokee
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Cherokee that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 16, 2024; May 8, 2024; and April 25, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 770 households live in Cherokee. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about six in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1985.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 1 mile from Cherokee, averages 122 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 38 at or below 20°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists one electric utility with service territory in Swain County: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a North Carolina state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the North Carolina Department of Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Swain County.
Where Cherokee is
Nearby in Swain County
- Bryson City 4 storm reports with trees