Tree removal in Colonial Park, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Colonial Park that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated March 7, 2022 and August 11, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 7,070 households live in Colonial Park. About half the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1967. 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 4 miles from Colonial Park, averages 111 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 34 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Dauphin County, among them FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024