Tree removal in Itta Bena, MS

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Itta Bena that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 23, 2024; January 11, 2020; and April 3, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 700 households live in Itta Bena. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1977. 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 11 miles from Itta Bena, averages 35 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 3 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 5 electric utilities with service territory in Leflore County, among them Entergy Mississippi LLC and City of Itta Bena; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024