Tree removal in Louisburg, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 8 storm reports near Louisburg that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated January 9, 2024; August 15, 2023; and April 15, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,080 households live in Louisburg. About six 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 1970. 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 Louisburg, averages 98 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 17 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 Franklin County, among them Duke Energy Progress and Town of Louisburg; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024