Tree removal in Palatka, FL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Palatka that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated April 30, 2023 and May 20, 2016. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 4,280 households live in Palatka. 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 1971. 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 2 electric utilities with service territory in Putnam County, among them Florida Power & Light Co and Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024