Tree removal in Chiefland, FL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Chiefland that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated March 12, 2022 and February 7, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 860 households live in Chiefland. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1975. 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 6 miles from Chiefland, averages 15 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 1 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 5 electric utilities with service territory in Levy County, among them Duke Energy Florida, LLC and Central Florida Elec Coop, Inc; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024