Tree removal in Salem, AR

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Salem that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 19, 2025 and February 7, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,170 households live in Salem. About eight in ten homes are detached houses and about eight in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1979.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 5 miles from Salem, averages 64 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 8 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Saline County, among them Entergy Arkansas LLC and City of Benton; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024