Tree removal in Princess Anne, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Princess Anne that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 19, 2025; April 1, 2023; and July 21, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,250 households live in Princess Anne. 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 1998. 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 12 miles from Princess Anne, averages 71 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 12 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 Somerset County, among them Delmarva Power and A & N Electric Coop; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024