Tree removal in Jefferson, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Jefferson that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 19, 2025; August 7, 2023; and July 18, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,020 households live in Jefferson. About eight in ten homes are detached houses and about eight in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1992.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 6 miles from Jefferson, averages 84 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 19 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 2 electric utilities with service territory in Frederick County, among them The Potomac Edison Company and Thurmont Municipal Light Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024