Tree removal in Princeton, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Princeton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 25, 2025; July 6, 2022; and June 30, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 630 households live in Princeton. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1977. 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 10 miles from Princeton, averages 60 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 7 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 9 electric utilities with service territory in Johnston County, among them Duke Energy Progress and City of Wilson; the county page names the other 7.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024