Tree removal in Decatur, TX

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Decatur that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated March 4, 2025; May 5, 2023; and July 15, 2016. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,820 households live in Decatur. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1988.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Decatur, averages 60 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 6 electric utilities with service territory in Wise County, among them Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and City of Bridgeport; the county page names the other 4.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024