Tree removal in Memphis, TN

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Memphis that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated April 2, 2025; January 11, 2020; and July 5, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 254,530 households live in Memphis. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1970. 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 4 miles from Memphis, averages 44 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 6 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 one electric utility with service territory in Shelby County: City of Memphis.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024