Tree removal in Summerville, GA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 15 storm reports near Summerville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 17, 2025; May 25, 2025; and May 3, 2025. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 64 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,010 households live in Summerville. 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 1974. 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 Summerville, averages 83 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 15 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 Chattooga County, among them Georgia Power Co and North Georgia Elec Member Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024