Tree removal in Orlando, FL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Orlando that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated August 21, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 126,670 households live in Orlando. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1991. 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

Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 5 electric utilities with service territory in Orange County, among them Duke Energy Florida, LLC and Florida Power & Light Co; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024