Tree removal in Columbus, MS

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 8 storm reports near Columbus that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 25, 2025; April 27, 2023; and September 7, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 9,980 households live in Columbus. 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 1974. 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 3 miles from Columbus, averages 50 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 5 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 Lowndes County, among them 4-County Electric Power Assn and City of Columbus; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024