Tree removal in Dumbarton, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Dumbarton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 18, 2025; July 9, 2025; and September 7, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 4,090 households live in Dumbarton. About a quarter of the homes are detached houses and about three in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1974. 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 Dumbarton, averages 88 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 16 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 one electric utility with service territory in Henrico County: Virginia Electric & Power Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024