Tree removal in Newton, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Newton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 9, 2025; July 5, 2022; and September 2, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 5,140 households live in Newton. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about seven in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1976.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 6 miles from Newton, averages 53 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 6 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 5 electric utilities with service territory in Catawba County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and City of Newton; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024