Tree removal in Flat Rock, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Flat Rock that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated March 5, 2025; April 11, 2024; and August 18, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 470 households live in Flat Rock. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1971.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 4 miles from Flat Rock, averages 111 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 25 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 Surry County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Surry-Yadkin Elec Member Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024