Tree removal in South Tucson, AZ

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near South Tucson that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated July 30, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,470 households live in South Tucson. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1967. 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 3 miles from South Tucson, averages 5 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F.

Ice, snow and broken limbs

Source: NOAA Climate Normals

Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 6 electric utilities with service territory in Pima County, among them Ajo Improvement Co and Arizona Public Service Co; the county page names the other 4.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024