Tree removal in Prairie View, TX

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Prairie View that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 16, 2024 and October 26, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,280 households live in Prairie View. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about two in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1985. 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 15 miles from Prairie View, averages 14 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 1 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 5 electric utilities with service territory in Waller County, among them CenterPoint Energy and Entergy Texas Inc.; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024