Tree removal in Rankin, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Rankin that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 13, 2023; August 29, 2022; and July 7, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 770 households live in Rankin. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1950. 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 2 miles from Rankin, averages 92 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 28 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 5 electric utilities with service territory in Allegheny County, among them Duquesne Light Co and FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024