Tree removal in Matthews, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Matthews that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated January 9, 2024; May 22, 2020; and June 25, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 11,260 households live in Matthews. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1993.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 9 miles from Matthews, averages 57 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 7 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 7 electric utilities with service territory in Mecklenburg County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp; the county page names the other 5.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024