Tree removal in Watervliet, NY

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near Watervliet that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 17, 2024; July 16, 2024; and August 17, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 5,270 households live in Watervliet. About a quarter of 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 1940. 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 2 miles from Watervliet, averages 131 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 59 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 Albany County, among them Central Hudson Gas & Elec Corp and Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024