Tree removal in Franklinville, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Franklinville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 13, 2025; May 26, 2024; and August 8, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 380 households live in Franklinville. About half the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1989.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 8 miles from Franklinville, averages 74 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 13 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 6 electric utilities with service territory in Randolph County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress; the county page names the other 4.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024