Tree removal in Jefferson, OH

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Jefferson that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 1, 2025; October 6, 2024; and June 29, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,630 households live in Jefferson. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about seven in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1970.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 5 miles from Jefferson, averages 124 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 46 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 Ashtabula County, among them Cleveland Electric Illum Co and Ohio Edison Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024