Tree removal in Lancaster, SC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 10 storm reports near Lancaster that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 18, 2024; May 8, 2024; and January 9, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 3,550 households live in Lancaster. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1973. 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 20 miles from Lancaster, averages 51 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 6 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 Lancaster County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Lynches River Elec Coop, Inc; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024