Tree removal in Riverdale, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Riverdale that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 8, 2025; July 29, 2023; and July 28, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 370 households live in Riverdale. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1978.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Riverdale, averages 108 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 23 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 Halifax County, among them Virginia Electric & Power Co and City of Danville; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024