Tree removal in Nelsonville, OH

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near Nelsonville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 1, 2025; May 16, 2025; and June 13, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,350 households live in Nelsonville. About half the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1949. 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 10 miles from Nelsonville, averages 135 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 49 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Athens County, among them Ohio Power Co and Buckeye Rural Elec Coop, Inc; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024