Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Tree removal in Philadelphia, PA
Tree removal in Philadelphia. The National Weather Service logged 16 storm reports with trees in them near Philadelphia from 2016 through 2025, the latest on June 23, 2024. About one in ten homes in Philadelphia are detached houses.
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What is particular to Philadelphia
Storm reports near Philadelphia
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 16 storm reports near Philadelphia that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 23, 2024; August 7, 2023; and June 21, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 669,220 households live in Philadelphia. About one in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1949. With most homes attached or in apartment buildings, many trees here stand on shared, association or public land, and whoever owns that land arranges the work.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 4 miles from Philadelphia, averages 62 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 13 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 Philadelphia County, among them PECO Energy Co and Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Pennsylvania state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Philadelphia County.