Tree removal in Lawrenceville, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Lawrenceville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 15, 2025; July 1, 2023; and August 22, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 440 households live in Lawrenceville. 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 1956. 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 Lawrenceville, averages 101 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 23 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 Brunswick County, among them Virginia Electric & Power Co and Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024