Tree removal in Lorton, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Lorton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 16, 2022; August 27, 2021; and July 31, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 6,750 households live in Lorton. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1997.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 14 miles from Lorton, averages 80 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 16 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 Fairfax County, among them Virginia Electric & Power Co and Northern Virginia Elec Coop.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024