Tree removal in Martindale, TX

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Martindale that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 9, 2024; May 28, 2017; and February 19, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 430 households live in Martindale. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1989.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 7 miles from Martindale, averages 20 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 1 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 Caldwell County, among them AEP Texas Central Company and Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc; the county page names the other 4.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024