Tree removal in West Union, OH

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 8 storm reports near West Union that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated September 22, 2024; May 26, 2024; and July 18, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,200 households live in West Union. About half the homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1976. 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 14 miles from West Union, averages 128 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 49 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Adams County, among them Duke Energy Ohio Inc and Ohio Power Co; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024