Tree removal in Simpson, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Simpson that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated July 27, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 530 households live in Simpson. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1948.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 10 miles from Simpson, averages 169 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 81 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Lackawanna County, among them PPL Electric Utilities Corp and Borough of Blakely; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024