Tree removal in Thurmont, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Thurmont that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 26, 2024; July 21, 2023; and July 17, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,600 households live in Thurmont. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1987.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 4 miles from Thurmont, averages 106 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 36 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 Frederick County, among them The Potomac Edison Company and Thurmont Municipal Light Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024