Tree removal in Pennington Gap, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near Pennington Gap that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated September 9, 2023; June 11, 2023; and May 16, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 90 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 710 households live in Pennington Gap. About three quarters 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 1964. 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

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 1 mile from Pennington Gap, averages 120 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 39 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 Lee County, among them Kentucky Utilities Co and Powell Valley Electric Coop.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024