Tree removal in Monticello, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Monticello that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 6, 2021; June 21, 2021; and August 27, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,840 households live in Monticello. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about three in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1967. 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 6 miles from Monticello, averages 160 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 69 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 Sullivan County, among them New York State Elec & Gas Corp and Orange & Rockland Utils Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024