Tree removal in Kutztown, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Kutztown that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 26, 2021; October 31, 2019; and September 11, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,940 households live in Kutztown. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1959. 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 Kutztown, averages 131 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Berks County, among them FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024