Tree removal in Woodstock, VA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 9 storm reports near Woodstock that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 19, 2025; July 28, 2023; and July 1, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,230 households live in Woodstock. 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 1988. 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 3 miles from Woodstock, averages 123 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 37 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 Shenandoah County, among them Virginia Electric & Power Co and Rappahannock Electric Coop; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024