Tree removal in Kent, OH

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 11 storm reports near Kent that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 16, 2025; June 17, 2024; and August 24, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, measured.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 10,180 households live in Kent. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1970. 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 4 miles from Kent, averages 126 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 47 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 Portage County, among them Cleveland Electric Illum Co and Ohio Edison Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024