Tree removal in Merrifield, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near Merrifield that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 31, 2024; August 19, 2019; and July 17, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 9,420 households live in Merrifield. About one in ten homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2001. 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 3 miles from Merrifield, averages 99 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 23 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 Fairfax County, among them Virginia Electric & Power Co and Northern Virginia Elec Coop.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024