Tree removal in Lafayette, TN

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 15 storm reports near Lafayette that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated September 24, 2024; May 8, 2024; and July 21, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,050 households live in Lafayette. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1972. 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 1 mile from Lafayette, averages 75 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 19 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 Macon County, among them Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN) and Upper Cumberland E M C.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024