Tree removal in Taft Southwest, TX

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Taft Southwest that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated May 30, 2016.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 460 households live in Taft Southwest. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1960. 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 10 miles from Taft Southwest, averages 7 nights a year with a low at or below 32°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 San Patricio County, among them AEP Texas Central Company and San Patricio Electric Coop Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024