Tree removal in Granite Falls, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Granite Falls that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 21, 2019 and July 5, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,700 households live in Granite Falls. 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 1990.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 4 miles from Granite Falls, averages 69 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 9 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