Tree removal in Lansford, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Lansford that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated September 13, 2021 and October 31, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,610 households live in Lansford. About two in ten 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 10 miles from Lansford, averages 132 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 44 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 Carbon County, among them PPL Electric Utilities Corp and Borough of Lehighton; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024