Tree removal in Lake Butler, FL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Lake Butler that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 6, 2022; December 24, 2020; and May 5, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 720 households live in Lake Butler. About half the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1981. 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 15 miles from Lake Butler, averages 15 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 2 electric utilities with service territory in Union County, among them Florida Power & Light Co and Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024