Tree removal in Lorane, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Lorane that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated February 7, 2020 and August 21, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,770 households live in Lorane. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about eight in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1988.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 8 miles from Lorane, averages 107 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 32 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 Berks County, among them FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024