Tree removal in Dobson, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 11 storm reports near Dobson that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 19, 2025; July 4, 2024; and May 26, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 540 households live in Dobson. 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 1979. 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 8 miles from Dobson, averages 111 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 25 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 Surry County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Surry-Yadkin Elec Member Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024