Tree removal in Garner, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 12 storm reports near Garner that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 2, 2025; May 31, 2025; and July 18, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 12,940 households live in Garner. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2000.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Garner, averages 88 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 5 electric utilities with service territory in Wake County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024