Tree removal in Elizabeth City, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Elizabeth City that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated January 9, 2024; June 27, 2023; and April 18, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 7,370 households live in Elizabeth City. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1973. 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 2 miles from Elizabeth City, averages 58 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 6 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 Pasquotank County, among them Virginia Electric & Power Co and Albemarle Electric Member Corp; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024