Burke County, North Carolina
Tree removal in Salem, NC
Tree removal in Salem. Burke County logged 101 thunderstorm wind reports that mention trees from 2016 through 2025. About three quarters of the homes in Salem are detached houses.
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What is particular to Salem
Homes and who decides
About 920 households live in Salem. 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 1977.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Salem, averages 91 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 17 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.
Where Salem is
Nearby in Burke County
- Morganton 19 storm reports with trees
- Glen Alpine 9 storm reports with trees
- Drexel 5 storm reports with trees
- Valdese 7 storm reports with trees
- Rutherford College 4 storm reports with trees
- Connelly Springs
- Icard 4 storm reports with trees
- Rhodhiss
- Hildebran 1 storm report with trees
- Long View
- Hickory 7 storm reports with trees