Tree removal in Tuscaloosa, AL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Tuscaloosa that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 18, 2023; March 31, 2020; and June 28, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 40,190 households live in Tuscaloosa. About half the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1988. 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 4 miles from Tuscaloosa, averages 47 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 5 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 Tuscaloosa County, among them Alabama Power Co and Black Warrior Elec Member Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024