Tree removal in Putnam Lake, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Putnam Lake that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 23, 2024 and September 5, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,400 households live in Putnam Lake. About nine in ten homes are detached houses and about nine in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1952.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 5 miles from Putnam Lake, averages 137 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 53 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 Putnam County, among them Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp and New York State Elec & Gas Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024