Galax city, Virginia
Tree removal in Galax, VA
Tree removal in Galax. The National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports with trees in them near Galax from 2016 through 2025, the latest on June 26, 2025. About seven in ten homes in Galax are detached houses.
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What is particular to Galax
Storm reports near Galax
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Galax that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 26, 2025; July 29, 2023; and January 11, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 2,730 households live in Galax. About seven 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 1968.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 1 mile from Galax, averages 123 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 36 at or below 20°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists one electric utility with service territory in Galax city: Appalachian Power Co.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Virginia state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Galax city.