Tree removal in Newburgh, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near Newburgh that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 26, 2024; July 8, 2020; and August 3, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 100 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 10,340 households live in Newburgh. About three in ten homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1941. 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 8 miles from Newburgh, averages 147 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 64 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 Orange County, among them Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp and New York State Elec & Gas Corp; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024