Tree removal in Wind Gap, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Wind Gap that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated September 8, 2021; June 21, 2021; and February 25, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,380 households live in Wind Gap. About half the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1962.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 11 miles from Wind Gap, averages 135 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 48 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 2 electric utilities with service territory in Northampton County, among them FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024