Tree removal in Rockingham, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Rockingham that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 30, 2024; April 12, 2024; and July 31, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 3,950 households live in Rockingham. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about six in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1967.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 5 miles from Rockingham, averages 71 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 11 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 2 electric utilities with service territory in Richmond County, among them Duke Energy Progress and Pee Dee Electric Member Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024