Tree removal in Port Allegany, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Port Allegany that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 20, 2023; July 19, 2020; and August 15, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 850 households live in Port Allegany. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1948.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 1 mile from Port Allegany, averages 165 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 71 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in McKean County, among them FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and Borough of Smethport; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024