Tree removal in North East, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 11 storm reports near North East that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 3, 2024; August 2, 2024; and June 30, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,760 households live in North East. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about six in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2001. With most homes attached or in apartment buildings, many trees here stand on shared, association or public land, and whoever owns that land arranges the work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 11 miles from North East, averages 97 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 24 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 Cecil County, among them Delmarva Power and Choptank Electric Cooperative, Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024