Tree removal in Lithonia, GA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Lithonia that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated July 18, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 52 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 970 households live in Lithonia. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1974. 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 16 miles from Lithonia, averages 49 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 4 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in DeKalb County, among them Georgia Power Co and City of Norcross- (GA); the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024