Tree removal in Highlands, TX

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Highlands that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated April 7, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,510 households live in Highlands. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1978.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 8 miles from Highlands, averages 9 nights a year with a low at or below 32°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 Harris County, among them CenterPoint Energy and Entergy Texas Inc.; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024