Tree removal in East Cleveland, OH

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 12 storm reports near East Cleveland that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 27, 2025; August 12, 2023; and July 2, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 6,750 households live in East Cleveland. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1940. 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 6 miles from East Cleveland, averages 92 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 29 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Cuyahoga County, among them Cleveland Electric Illum Co and Ohio Edison Co; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024