Tree removal in Potsdam, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Potsdam that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 3, 2025; July 20, 2021; and July 13, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,480 households live in Potsdam. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1959. 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 6 miles from Potsdam, averages 162 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 84 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 St. Lawrence County, among them Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. and Town of Massena.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024