Tree removal in Pelham, AL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Pelham that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 25, 2021 and March 31, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 9,500 households live in Pelham. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about eight in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2000.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 6 miles from Pelham, averages 51 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 4 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 Shelby County, among them Alabama Power Co and Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024