Tree removal in Woodsboro, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near Woodsboro that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 12, 2025; August 7, 2023; and March 31, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 460 households live in Woodsboro. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about eight in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1992.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 10 miles from Woodsboro, averages 114 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 34 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 Frederick County, among them The Potomac Edison Company and Thurmont Municipal Light Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024