Tree removal in Riva, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Riva that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 10, 2022; July 1, 2021; and September 3, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,600 households live in Riva. Almost all the homes are detached houses and almost all the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1982.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 6 miles from Riva, averages 81 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 16 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 one electric utility with service territory in Anne Arundel County: Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024