Lyon County, Kansas
Tree removal in Emporia, KS
Tree removal in Emporia. The National Weather Service logged 16 storm reports with trees in them near Emporia from 2016 through 2025, the latest on June 26, 2024. About six in ten homes in Emporia are detached houses.
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What is particular to Emporia
Storm reports near Emporia
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 16 storm reports near Emporia that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 26, 2024; May 19, 2024; and April 19, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 90 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 10,210 households live in Emporia. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1968. 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.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Emporia, averages 115 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 42 at or below 20°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 2 electric utilities with service territory in Lyon County, among them Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and Flint Hills Rural E C A, Inc.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Kansas state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Kansas Insurance Department.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Lyon County.