Tree removal in West Palm Beach, FL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near West Palm Beach that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated August 17, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 74 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 50,520 households live in West Palm Beach. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1987. 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

Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 2 electric utilities with service territory in Palm Beach County, among them Florida Power & Light Co and City of Lake Worth Beach.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024