Tree removal in Manhattan, KS

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 15 storm reports near Manhattan that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 26, 2024; May 6, 2024; and July 4, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 90 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 21,680 households live in Manhattan. About half the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1983. 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 Manhattan, averages 125 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 51 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 Riley County, among them Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and Bluestem Electric Coop Inc; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024