Tree removal in Cleveland, TN

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 13 storm reports near Cleveland that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 7, 2025; February 16, 2025; and July 30, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 18,360 households live in Cleveland. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1982. 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 5 miles from Cleveland, averages 80 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 17 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 Bradley County, among them City of Chattanooga and City of Cleveland; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024