Tree removal in Franklin, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 9 storm reports near Franklin that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 28, 2025; July 24, 2022; and June 1, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,600 households live in Franklin. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1940. 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 Franklin, averages 142 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 55 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Venango County, among them FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and Central Electric Coop, Inc; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024