Tree removal in Lumberton, MS

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Lumberton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 13, 2021; July 15, 2020; and September 25, 2016. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 630 households live in Lumberton. About eight in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1975. 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 12 miles from Lumberton, averages 26 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 2 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 Lamar County, among them Mississippi Power Co and Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024