Tree removal in Hagerstown, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 8 storm reports near Hagerstown that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 30, 2025; April 19, 2025; and July 23, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 96 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 18,470 households live in Hagerstown. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1962. 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 1 mile from Hagerstown, averages 103 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 23 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 Washington County, among them The Potomac Edison Company and Hagerstown Light Department; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024