Tree removal in Decatur, GA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Decatur that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated June 22, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 9,220 households live in Decatur. About half the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1975.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 7 miles from Decatur, averages 49 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 4 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in DeKalb County, among them Georgia Power Co and City of Norcross- (GA); the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024