Tree removal in Rocky Mount, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Rocky Mount that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 30, 2025; September 7, 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 1,770 households live in Rocky Mount. 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 1973.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Rocky Mount, averages 104 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 22 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 Franklin County, among them Appalachian Power Co and Virginia Electric & Power Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024