Tree removal in Hometown, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Hometown that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 26, 2024 and August 19, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 610 households live in Hometown. Almost all the homes are detached houses and almost all the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1969.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 8 miles from Hometown, averages 139 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 57 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 Schuylkill County, among them PPL Electric Utilities Corp and Borough of Schuylkill Haven; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024