Tree removal in Elliston, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Elliston that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 8, 2021; May 4, 2021; and July 15, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 450 households live in Elliston. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1985.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 11 miles from Elliston, averages 106 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 34 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 Montgomery County, among them Appalachian Power Co and City of Radford; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024