Maryland
Tree removal in Prince George's County, MD
Tree removal in Prince George's County: storm damage, trees on power lines, leaning and dead trees, and what the work costs. From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 199 thunderstorm wind reports here that mention trees.
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What is particular to Prince George's County
Storm reports with trees in them
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 230 reports of damaging thunderstorm wind in Prince George's County, and 199 of them mention trees, limbs or branches. It also logged 1 tornado, 1 of them with trees in the report. The latest report that mentions trees is dated July 27, 2025, near Friendly. The places named most often in those tree reports are Greenbelt (12), Upper Marlboro (7), Accokeek (6), Landover (5) and Adelphi (4).
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, 2016–2025
What brings trees down here
FEMA’s National Risk Index rates Prince George's County’s risk from strong wind and tornadoes as relatively high. A tree with a new lean, a crack in the trunk or roots lifting the soil is the one to have looked at before the next storm.
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility before anyone else, and treat the line as live: OSHA’s guidance for tree crews is to assume all power lines are energized. EIA lists 3 electric utilities with service territory in Prince George's County in 2024: Baltimore Gas & Electric Co, Potomac Electric Power Co and Southern Maryland Elec Coop Inc. Each publishes its own outage and downed-line number.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 service territories, 2024; OSHA QuickCard, Tree Trimming and Removal (OSHA 3301)
Homes and who decides
About 344,590 households live in Prince George's County. About half the homes are detached houses and about six in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1977.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates
Towns and communities in Prince George's County
- Bowie
- Clinton
- Chillum
- College Park
- Laurel
- South Laurel
- Fort Washington
- Suitland
- Greenbelt
- Landover
- Camp Springs
- Langley Park
- Hyattsville
- Beltsville
- East Riverdale
- Seabrook
- Oxon Hill
- Glassmanor
- Adelphi
- Hillcrest Heights
- Summerfield
- Lake Arbor
- Glenn Dale
- Kettering
- New Carrollton
- Brock Hall
- Accokeek
- Rosaryville
- Westphalia
- Lanham
- Largo
- Friendly
- Mitchellville
- Brandywine
- Forestville
- Marlton
- Walker Mill
- Bladensburg
- Coral Hills
- Marlboro Village
- Temple Hills
- Mount Rainier
- Fairwood
- Riverdale Park
- Woodlawn
- Glenarden
- Marlow Heights
- Cheverly
- District Heights
- Peppermill Village
- Silver Hill
- Woodmore
- Seat Pleasant
- Springdale
- National Harbor
- West Laurel
- Capitol Heights
- Marlboro Meadows
- Brown Station
- Brentwood
- Melwood
- Berwyn Heights
- Konterra
- Andrews AFB
- University Park
- Forest Heights, MD
- Croom
- Queensland
- Landover Hills
- Baden
- Cedar Heights, MD
- Colmar Manor
- Fairmount Heights
- Queen Anne
- Edmonston
- Cottage City
- Morningside
Tree down, or about to come down?
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On the house or roofGet people out from under it, photograph everything, call the insurer, then a crew. -
On a power lineThe utility comes first. Stay away and treat the line as live. -
On a carPhotograph it where it lies. The car claim goes to the auto policy. -
On a fence or shedDamage to a fence or shed is often covered differently from the house. -
Across the driveway or roadOn the street it is the city’s call. In the driveway, check the policy first. -
After a stormHanging limbs, split trunks, trees on houses, and the ones that look fine. -
LeaningLifted soil or cracked roots at the base turn a lean into a warning. -
Dead or dyingDead wood is brittle and unpredictable, which is why it often costs more to remove. -
Split or cracked trunkTwo stems from one point, or a crack down the trunk, are common failure points. -
Hanging broken limbIt can fall without warning. Keep people and cars out from under it. -
A neighbor’s treeWeather is nobody’s fault. A tree the neighbor was warned about can be.
Rules in Maryland
Maryland licenses tree work through the Department of Natural Resources. In the department’s words: “All tree care professionals practicing in Maryland must obtain a license. Without a license, they may not practice or advertise tree care services in the state.” The department runs a public search of Licensed Tree Experts.
Check a license with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources
The state insurance regulator is the Maryland Insurance Administration.
What you will be asked
- Where the tree is and what is under it or near it: the house, a power line, a car, a fence, the street.
- Whether it is standing, leaning, split or already down, and since when.
- Roughly how tall it is and how thick the trunk is at chest height. A guess is fine.
- Whether a truck can get close, or the tree is in a back yard behind a fence or a narrow gate.
- Whether there is damage your insurer should see, and whether you have called them yet.
- The address, and whether you own the property or rent it.
The line takes: tree removal, emergency removal after a storm, trimming and pruning, lot and land clearing, tree health checks, cabling and bracing, and brush and debris cleanup, for homeowners, renters and businesses. It is not for: jobs, equipment, firewood, tree services looking for work, or a price quoted over the phone without anyone seeing the tree.