Tree removal in Des Peres, MO

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Des Peres that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated July 1, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 3,220 households live in Des Peres. Almost all the homes are detached houses and almost all 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 Des Peres, averages 106 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 38 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 2 electric utilities with service territory in St. Louis County, among them Union Electric Co and City of Kirkwood.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024