Tree removal in Rio, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 20 storm reports near Rio that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 26, 2024; July 3, 2023; and June 19, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 730 households live in Rio. Almost none of the homes are detached houses and almost none of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2006. 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 4 miles from Rio, averages 88 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 17 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Albemarle County, among them Appalachian Power Co and Virginia Electric & Power Co; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024