Tree removal in Merrimac, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Merrimac that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated August 31, 2021.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,540 households live in Merrimac. About two in ten homes are detached houses and about three in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1989. 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 1 mile from Merrimac, averages 125 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 38 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Montgomery County, among them Appalachian Power Co and City of Radford; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024