Tree removal in Jefferson City, TN

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 15 storm reports near Jefferson City that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated December 19, 2025; June 13, 2025; and July 30, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 3,200 households live in Jefferson City. About half the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1978. 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 1 mile from Jefferson City, averages 103 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 33 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 Jefferson County, among them Appalachian Electric Coop and City of Newport; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024