Tree removal in Gary, IN

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Gary that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated March 19, 2025. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 27,430 households live in Gary. About seven in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1957. 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 14 miles from Gary, averages 117 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 46 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 Lake County, among them Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co and Kankakee Valley Rural E M C.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024