Tree removal in Smithfield, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Smithfield that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 18, 2024; June 17, 2022; and September 5, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 4,770 households live in Smithfield. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1973. 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 1 mile from Smithfield, averages 76 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 9 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 9 electric utilities with service territory in Johnston County, among them Duke Energy Progress and City of Wilson; the county page names the other 7.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024