Tree removal in Westphalia, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Westphalia that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated July 29, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 4,620 households live in Westphalia. About half the homes are detached houses and about nine in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 2011.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Westphalia, averages 103 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 27 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 Prince George's County, among them Baltimore Gas & Electric Co and Potomac Electric Power Co; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024