Tree removal in East Prairie, MO

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near East Prairie that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 8, 2022; May 3, 2020; and June 26, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,340 households live in East Prairie. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1972. 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 15 miles from East Prairie, averages 74 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 17 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 Mississippi County, among them Union Electric Co and SEMO Electric Cooperative.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024