Tree removal in Maize, KS

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 13 storm reports near Maize that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 18, 2025; June 17, 2025; and July 2, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,620 households live in Maize. About half the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2011. 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 8 miles from Maize, averages 109 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 34 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 6 electric utilities with service territory in Sedgwick County, among them Evergy Kansas South, Inc and Butler Rural El Coop Assn, Inc; the county page names the other 4.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024