Tree removal in Monroe, LA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Monroe that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 29, 2025; June 16, 2023; and July 14, 2016. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 62 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 18,380 households live in Monroe. About seven in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1971. 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 2 miles from Monroe, averages 33 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 2 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 Ouachita Parish, among them Entergy Louisiana LLC and Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024