Tree removal in Franklin, IN

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Franklin that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated April 2, 2025; August 25, 2021; and April 8, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 9,290 households live in Franklin. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1994.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Franklin, averages 117 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 42 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 Johnson County, among them AES Indiana and Duke Energy Indiana, LLC; the county page names the other 5.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024