Burke County, North Carolina
Tree removal in Rutherford College, NC
Tree removal in Rutherford College. The National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports with trees in them near Rutherford College from 2016 through 2025, the latest on August 21, 2019. About three quarters of the homes in Rutherford College are detached houses.
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What is particular to Rutherford College
Storm reports near Rutherford College
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Rutherford College that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 21, 2019; July 23, 2017; and July 11, 2016. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 560 households live in Rutherford College. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about seven in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1975.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 8 miles from Rutherford College, averages 69 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 9 at or below 20°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 5 electric utilities with service territory in Burke County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and City of Morganton; the county page names the other 3.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a North Carolina state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the North Carolina Department of Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Burke County.