Tree removal in Cornelius, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Cornelius that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated July 8, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 13,620 households live in Cornelius. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about seven in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2002.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 17 miles from Cornelius, averages 74 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 11 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 7 electric utilities with service territory in Mecklenburg County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp; the county page names the other 5.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024