Tree removal in Mills River, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Mills River that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 18, 2023; June 26, 2018; and June 3, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,820 households live in Mills River. About eight in ten homes are detached houses and about nine in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1997.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Mills River, averages 96 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 18 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 Henderson County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024