Tree removal in Shelbyville, TN

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 22 storm reports near Shelbyville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 2, 2024; May 8, 2024; and July 20, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 8,760 households live in Shelbyville. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1986. 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 2 miles from Shelbyville, averages 76 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 16 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 2 electric utilities with service territory in Bedford County, among them City of Shelbyville and Duck River Elec Member Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024