Tree removal in San Marcos, TX

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near San Marcos that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 9, 2024; June 27, 2022; and July 19, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 27,610 households live in San Marcos. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about three in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1998. 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 1 mile from San Marcos, averages 20 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 1 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 Hays County, among them Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc and City of San Marcos; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024