Tree removal in Independence, OH

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Independence that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated May 29, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 3,130 households live in Independence. 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 1960.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 10 miles from Independence, averages 92 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 29 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 Cuyahoga County, among them Cleveland Electric Illum Co and Ohio Edison Co; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024