Franklin County, Virginia
Tree removal in Penhook, VA
Tree removal in Penhook. The National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports with trees in them near Penhook from 2016 through 2025, the latest on May 17, 2025. About two thirds of the homes in Penhook are detached houses.
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What is particular to Penhook
Storm reports near Penhook
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Penhook that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 17, 2025; May 16, 2023; and September 1, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 460 households live in Penhook. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about nine in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1992.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 14 miles from Penhook, averages 104 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 22 at or below 20°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 2 electric utilities with service territory in Franklin County, among them Appalachian Power Co and Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Virginia state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Franklin County.
Where Penhook is
Nearby in Franklin County
- Union Hall 8 storm reports with trees
- North Shore
- Westlake Corner
- Rocky Mount 6 storm reports with trees
- Ferrum 9 storm reports with trees