Tree removal in Gamewell, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Gamewell that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated April 13, 2020; June 25, 2018; and June 1, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,420 households live in Gamewell. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1977.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 5 miles from Gamewell, averages 91 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 15 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 5 electric utilities with service territory in Caldwell County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024