Tree removal in Murphy, MO

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Murphy that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 19, 2025 and August 12, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 3,510 households live in Murphy. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about eight in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1978.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 14 miles from Murphy, averages 106 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 38 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 Jefferson County, among them Union Electric Co and Citizens Electric Corporation; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024