Tree removal in Starkville, MS

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 20 storm reports near Starkville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 11, 2025; May 8, 2025; and February 15, 2025. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, measured.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 11,800 households live in Starkville. About four 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 1989. 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 Starkville, averages 58 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 7 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 Oktibbeha County, among them 4-County Electric Power Assn and City of Starkville.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024