Tree removal in Frederick, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 15 storm reports near Frederick that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated November 5, 2025; June 19, 2025; and May 16, 2025. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 32,180 households live in Frederick. About three in ten homes are detached houses and about six in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1990. With most homes attached or in apartment buildings, many trees here stand on shared, association or public land, and whoever owns that land arranges the work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Frederick, averages 84 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 19 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 Frederick County, among them The Potomac Edison Company and Thurmont Municipal Light Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024