Tree removal in Lake Barcroft, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Lake Barcroft that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 4, 2022; July 1, 2021; and April 30, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 3,930 households live in Lake Barcroft. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about seven in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1960.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 6 miles from Lake Barcroft, averages 96 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 23 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 Fairfax County, among them Virginia Electric & Power Co and Northern Virginia Elec Coop.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024