Tree removal in Meridian, MS

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 18 storm reports near Meridian that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 25, 2025; May 24, 2025; and March 4, 2025. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 14,980 households live in Meridian. 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 5 miles from Meridian, averages 48 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 4 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 2 electric utilities with service territory in Lauderdale County, among them Mississippi Power Co and East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024