Dent County, Missouri
Tree removal in Salem, MO
Tree removal in Salem. The National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports with trees in them near Salem from 2016 through 2025, the latest on May 19, 2025. About two thirds of the homes in Salem are detached houses.
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What is particular to Salem
Storm reports near Salem
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Salem that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 19, 2025; August 16, 2019; and June 21, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 1,940 households live in Salem. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1970.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 1 mile from Salem, averages 91 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 29 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Dent County, among them Black River Electric Coop and City of Salem; the county page names the other 2.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Missouri state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Dent County.