Tree removal in Grapeland, TX

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Grapeland that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 22, 2024; June 10, 2023; and April 22, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 62 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 760 households live in Grapeland. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1977. 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 13 miles from Grapeland, averages 31 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 2 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Houston County, among them Entergy Texas Inc. and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024