Tree removal in Northumberland, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Northumberland that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 23, 2024; August 27, 2020; and August 19, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,780 households live in Northumberland. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1954.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Northumberland, averages 134 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 47 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 Northumberland County, among them Citizens Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024