Tree removal in Mount Jackson, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Mount Jackson that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 8, 2025 and June 26, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 820 households live in Mount Jackson. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1973.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 6 miles from Mount Jackson, averages 132 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 45 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Shenandoah County, among them Virginia Electric & Power Co and Rappahannock Electric Coop; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024