Tree removal in Fort Leonard Wood, MO

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Fort Leonard Wood that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated August 31, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,810 households live in Fort Leonard Wood. About three in ten homes are detached houses and almost none of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1991. 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 1 mile from Fort Leonard Wood, averages 111 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 38 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 7 electric utilities with service territory in Pulaski County, among them Union Electric Co and City of Richland; the county page names the other 5.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024