Tree removal in Elkton, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 18 storm reports near Elkton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 8, 2025; June 19, 2025; and August 3, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 6,000 households live in Elkton. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1987. 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 Elkton, averages 97 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 24 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 Cecil County, among them Delmarva Power and Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024