Tree removal in Laurel Bay, SC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Laurel Bay that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated June 27, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,030 households live in Laurel Bay. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about a quarter of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1992. 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 4 miles from Laurel Bay, averages 17 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 Beaufort County, among them Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc and Palmetto Electric Coop Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024