Burke County, Georgia
Tree removal in Waynesboro, GA
Tree removal in Waynesboro. The National Weather Service logged 12 storm reports with trees in them near Waynesboro from 2016 through 2025, the latest on July 20, 2023. About six in ten homes in Waynesboro are detached houses.
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What is particular to Waynesboro
Storm reports near Waynesboro
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 12 storm reports near Waynesboro that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 20, 2023; June 6, 2023; and May 6, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 2,090 households live in Waynesboro. 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 1 mile from Waynesboro, averages 52 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 5 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Burke County, among them Georgia Power Co and Jefferson Electric Member Corp; the county page names the other one.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Georgia state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Burke County.