Tree removal in Stroudsburg, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 12 storm reports near Stroudsburg that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 30, 2024; June 14, 2024; and May 27, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,620 households live in Stroudsburg. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1955. 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 2 miles from Stroudsburg, averages 137 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 49 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 Monroe County, among them FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024