Tree removal in State College, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 16 storm reports near State College that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated April 29, 2025; April 15, 2025; and August 7, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 11,440 households live in State College. About a quarter of the homes are detached houses and about a quarter of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1972. 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 State College, averages 122 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 45 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 Centre County, among them FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024