Tree removal in Statesville, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 11 storm reports near Statesville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated December 29, 2024; July 30, 2024; and August 27, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 11,690 households live in Statesville. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1980.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Statesville, averages 99 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 23 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Iredell County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and City of Statesville; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024