Tree removal in Scott City, MO

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Scott City that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 10, 2021; June 30, 2020; and June 21, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,720 households live in Scott City. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1969.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Scott City, averages 90 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 22 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 Scott County, among them Union Electric Co and City of Sikeston; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024