Tree removal in Ephrata, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Ephrata that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 15, 2018 and June 19, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 5,850 households live in Ephrata. 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 1968.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 7 miles from Ephrata, averages 109 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 Lancaster County, among them FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024