Tree removal in Gainesville, FL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Gainesville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated September 21, 2023; June 3, 2018; and August 9, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 58,180 households live in Gainesville. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1983. 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 4 miles from Gainesville, averages 15 nights a year with a low at or below 32°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 Alachua County, among them Duke Energy Florida, LLC and Florida Power & Light Co; the county page names the other 5.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024