Tree removal in Lakewood, OH

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 9 storm reports near Lakewood that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 6, 2024; June 18, 2024; and July 20, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 26,570 households live in Lakewood. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1940. 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 6 miles from Lakewood, averages 111 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 38 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Cuyahoga County, among them Cleveland Electric Illum Co and Ohio Edison Co; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024