Tree removal in Columbus, OH

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Columbus that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 29, 2021; May 10, 2020; and July 3, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 386,580 households live in Columbus. About half the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1980. 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 Columbus, averages 113 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 33 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 9 electric utilities with service territory in Franklin County, among them Duke Energy Ohio Inc and Ohio Edison Co; the county page names the other 7.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024