Tree removal in Rustburg, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 13 storm reports near Rustburg that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated September 21, 2024; July 17, 2024; and May 26, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 580 households live in Rustburg. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1968. With that many rentals, a tree at a rented home usually goes to the landlord or property manager first; the lease generally says who arranges and pays for tree work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 7 miles from Rustburg, averages 95 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 20 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Campbell County, among them Appalachian Power Co and Virginia Electric & Power Co; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024