Tree removal in West Chester, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 12 storm reports near West Chester that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 30, 2024; September 23, 2021; and August 18, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 7,000 households live in West Chester. About two in ten homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1958. 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 West Chester, averages 131 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 47 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 Chester County, among them FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PECO Energy Co; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024