Tree removal in Dallas, TX

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Dallas that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated March 13, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 528,040 households live in Dallas. About four in ten 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 7 miles from Dallas, averages 23 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 2 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 6 electric utilities with service territory in Dallas County, among them Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and Texas-New Mexico Power Co; the county page names the other 4.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024