Tree removal in Morganton, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 19 storm reports near Morganton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 8, 2025; August 30, 2024; and July 5, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 6,680 households live in Morganton. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1972.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Morganton, averages 91 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 17 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 5 electric utilities with service territory in Burke County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and City of Morganton; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024