Tree removal in Lake City, FL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 16 storm reports near Lake City that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 14, 2025; May 12, 2023; and April 27, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 4,880 households live in Lake City. 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 1979. 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 3 miles from Lake City, 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Columbia County, among them Duke Energy Florida, LLC and Florida Power & Light Co; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024