Tree removal in Clinton, SC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Clinton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated January 9, 2024; August 9, 2020; and July 7, 2016. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,450 households live in Clinton. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1967.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 1 mile from Clinton, averages 59 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 6 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 Laurens County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and City of Laurens; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024