Tree removal in Wendell, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Wendell that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 27, 2024 and July 28, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 4,160 households live in Wendell. About nine in ten homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2005.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 11 miles from Wendell, averages 61 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 6 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 5 electric utilities with service territory in Wake County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024