Tree removal in Lackland AFB, TX

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Lackland AFB that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated April 20, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 290 households live in Lackland AFB. About a third of the homes are detached houses and almost none of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2000. 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 2 miles from Lackland AFB, averages 14 nights a year with a low at or below 32°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 Bexar County, among them Bandera Electric Coop, Inc and City of San Antonio; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024