Tree removal in Scotland Neck, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 10 storm reports near Scotland Neck that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 15, 2025; April 7, 2025; and March 5, 2025. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,070 households live in Scotland Neck. About seven in ten homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1959. 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 14 miles from Scotland Neck, 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 8 electric utilities with service territory in Halifax County, among them Duke Energy Progress and Virginia Electric & Power Co; the county page names the other 6.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024