Tree removal in Elm City, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Elm City, NC that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 19, 2025; September 17, 2018; and May 5, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 520 households live in Elm City, NC. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1978.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 4 miles from Elm City, NC, averages 69 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 9 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 9 electric utilities with service territory in Wilson County, among them Duke Energy Progress and City of Wilson; the county page names the other 7.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024