Tree removal in Orangeburg, SC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 13 storm reports near Orangeburg that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 30, 2025; August 3, 2024; and July 30, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 105 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 4,960 households live in Orangeburg. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1968. 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 1 mile from Orangeburg, averages 43 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 3 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Orangeburg County, among them Aiken Electric Coop Inc and City of Orangeburg; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024