Tree removal in Leonardtown, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 9 storm reports near Leonardtown that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 31, 2024; July 29, 2023; and April 21, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,590 households live in Leonardtown. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about six in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2011.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 10 miles from Leonardtown, averages 59 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 9 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 one electric utility with service territory in St. Mary's County: Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024