Tree removal in Scotchtown, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Scotchtown that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated June 30, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 4,090 households live in Scotchtown. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1978. 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 4 miles from Scotchtown, averages 123 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 49 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 Orange County, among them Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp and New York State Elec & Gas Corp; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024