Tree removal in Liberty, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Liberty that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 12, 2023 and July 25, 2016. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,740 households live in Liberty. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1955. 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 1 mile from Liberty, averages 163 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 75 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 2 electric utilities with service territory in Sullivan County, among them New York State Elec & Gas Corp and Orange & Rockland Utils Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024