Tree removal in Steelville, MO

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Steelville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated April 30, 2019; May 14, 2018; and May 27, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 630 households live in Steelville. 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 1976. 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 Steelville, averages 141 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 59 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 6 electric utilities with service territory in Crawford County, among them Union Electric Co and City of Cuba; the county page names the other 4.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024