Tree removal in Gouverneur, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Gouverneur that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated June 27, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,650 households live in Gouverneur. About half the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1941.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Gouverneur, averages 166 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 90 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 St. Lawrence County, among them Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. and Town of Massena.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024