Tree removal in Ramseur, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 11 storm reports near Ramseur that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 8, 2022; December 11, 2021; and August 1, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 670 households live in Ramseur. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1972. 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 Ramseur, averages 74 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 13 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 6 electric utilities with service territory in Randolph County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress; the county page names the other 4.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024