Tree removal in Fort Belvoir, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Fort Belvoir that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated July 22, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,800 households live in Fort Belvoir. About a third of the homes are detached houses and almost none of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1998. 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.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 10 miles from Fort Belvoir, averages 80 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 16 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 Fairfax County, among them Virginia Electric & Power Co and Northern Virginia Elec Coop.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024