Tree removal in Richlands, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Richlands that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated February 12, 2024; July 10, 2021; and June 17, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,210 households live in Richlands. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1973.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 1 mile from Richlands, averages 126 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 40 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 Tazewell County, among them Appalachian Power Co and Virginia Electric & Power Co; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024