Taylor County, Texas
Tree removal in Merkel, TX
Tree removal in Merkel. The National Weather Service logged one storm report with trees in them near Merkel from 2016 through 2025, the latest on June 15, 2017. About three quarters of the homes in Merkel are detached houses.
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What is particular to Merkel
Storm reports near Merkel
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Merkel that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated June 15, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 910 households live in Merkel. About three quarters 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 1963.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 12 miles from Merkel, averages 68 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 13 at or below 20°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 3 electric utilities with service territory in Taylor County, among them AEP Texas North Company and Coleman County Elec Coop, Inc; the county page names the other one.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Texas state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Texas Department of Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Taylor County.