Tree removal in Mount Pocono, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Mount Pocono that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 30, 2024; June 14, 2024; and July 6, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,290 households live in Mount Pocono. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1984.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Mount Pocono, averages 147 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 63 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 Monroe County, among them FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024