Tree removal in Wartburg, TN

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 8 storm reports near Wartburg that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated April 10, 2025; March 15, 2025; and June 21, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 420 households live in Wartburg. About half the homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1977. 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 9 miles from Wartburg, averages 107 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 29 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Morgan County, among them City of Clinton and City of Harriman; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024