Putnam County, Tennessee
Tree removal in Cookeville, TN
Tree removal in Cookeville. The National Weather Service logged 16 storm reports with trees in them near Cookeville from 2016 through 2025, the latest on May 20, 2025. About half the homes in Cookeville are detached houses.
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What is particular to Cookeville
Storm reports near Cookeville
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 16 storm reports near Cookeville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 20, 2025; July 30, 2024; and June 26, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 14,600 households live in Cookeville. 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 1990. 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.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Cookeville, averages 97 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 24 at or below 20°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 4 electric utilities with service territory in Putnam County, among them Caney Fork Electric Coop, Inc and City of Cookeville; the county page names the other 2.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Tennessee state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Putnam County.