Tree removal in Decherd, TN

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near Decherd that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 27, 2025; May 2, 2025; and March 24, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,330 households live in Decherd. 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 1981. 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 4 miles from Decherd, averages 71 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 15 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 Franklin County, among them City of Fayetteville and City of Winchester; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024