Tree removal in Helena-West Helena, AR

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near Helena-West Helena that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 7, 2025; May 25, 2025; and April 3, 2025. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 3,580 households live in Helena-West Helena. 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 1972. 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 2 miles from Helena-West Helena, averages 53 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 8 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 Phillips County, among them Entergy Arkansas LLC and Woodruff Electric Coop Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024