Tree removal in Mishawaka, IN

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 21 storm reports near Mishawaka that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated March 30, 2025; July 15, 2024; and June 17, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 22,430 households live in Mishawaka. About half the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1975. 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 Mishawaka, averages 133 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 41 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 8 electric utilities with service territory in St. Joseph County, among them Indiana Michigan Power Co and Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co; the county page names the other 6.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024