Tree removal in Ottawa, OH

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Ottawa that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 13, 2022 and July 13, 2016. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,710 households live in Ottawa. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1973.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 6 miles from Ottawa, averages 124 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 6 electric utilities with service territory in Putnam County, among them Ohio Power Co and The Toledo Edison Co; the county page names the other 4.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024