Tree removal in Oakton, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 9 storm reports near Oakton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 11, 2021; August 10, 2021; and November 15, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 14,000 households live in Oakton. About a third 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 1983.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 1 mile from Oakton, averages 99 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 23 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 Fairfax County, among them Virginia Electric & Power Co and Northern Virginia Elec Coop.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024