Okaloosa County, Florida
Tree removal in Destin, FL
Tree removal in Destin. The National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports with trees in them near Destin from 2016 through 2025, the latest on February 4, 2018. About a third of the homes in Destin are detached houses.
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What is particular to Destin
Storm reports near Destin
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Destin that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated February 4, 2018 and May 20, 2016. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 6,210 households live in Destin. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about seven in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1992.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 1 mile from Destin, averages 6 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 2 electric utilities with service territory in Okaloosa County, among them Florida Power & Light Co and Choctawhatche Elec Coop, Inc.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Florida state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Florida limits local tree permits when an arborist documents that a tree is an unacceptable risk. Permits
Insurance complaints go to the Florida Department of Financial Services.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Okaloosa County.
Where Destin is
Nearby in Okaloosa County
- Eglin AFB
- Lake Lorraine
- Valparaiso 1 storm report with trees
- Ocean City 1 storm report with trees
- Niceville 2 storm reports with trees
- Fort Walton Beach 1 storm report with trees
- Wright
- Mary Esther 1 storm report with trees
- Hurlburt Field
- Crestview 7 storm reports with trees