Forrest County, Mississippi
Tree removal in Petal, MS
Tree removal in Petal. The National Weather Service logged 13 storm reports with trees in them near Petal from 2016 through 2025, the latest on July 18, 2024. About nine in ten homes in Petal are detached houses.
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What is particular to Petal
Storm reports near Petal
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 13 storm reports near Petal that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 18, 2024; June 4, 2024; and May 13, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 3,780 households live in Petal. About nine in ten homes are detached houses and about seven in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1975.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 5 miles from Petal, averages 34 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 2 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Forrest County, among them Mississippi Power Co and Dixie Electric Power Assn; the county page names the other 2.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Mississippi state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Mississippi Insurance Department.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Forrest County.
Where Petal is
Nearby in Forrest County
- Glendale 4 storm reports with trees
- Hattiesburg 11 storm reports with trees
- Rawls Springs 4 storm reports with trees