Tree removal in Laurel, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Laurel that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 29, 2019 and August 15, 2016. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 11,840 households live in Laurel. About two in ten homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1984. 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 2 miles from Laurel, averages 86 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 20 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 Prince George's County, among them Baltimore Gas & Electric Co and Potomac Electric Power Co; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024