Tree removal in Rotterdam, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Rotterdam that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated September 13, 2022; July 20, 2021; and May 26, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 10,000 households live in Rotterdam. 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 1958.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 8 miles from Rotterdam, averages 136 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 60 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 Schenectady County: Niagara Mohawk Power Corp..

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024