Tree removal in Knightdale, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Knightdale that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 25, 2025; May 21, 2022; and July 18, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 7,530 households live in Knightdale. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2006.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 11 miles from Knightdale, averages 77 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 11 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 Wake County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024