Carter County, Missouri
Tree removal in Van Buren, MO
Tree removal in Van Buren. The National Weather Service logged 14 storm reports with trees in them near Van Buren from 2016 through 2025, the latest on July 29, 2025. About six in ten homes in Van Buren are detached houses.
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What is particular to Van Buren
Storm reports near Van Buren
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 14 storm reports near Van Buren that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 29, 2025; July 7, 2023; and July 17, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 410 households live in Van Buren. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1973. 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.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 15 miles from Van Buren, averages 109 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 38 at or below 20°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists one electric utility with service territory in Carter County: Ozark Border Electric Coop.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Missouri state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Carter County.