Tree removal in York, PA

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near York that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 1, 2025; July 19, 2023; and July 28, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 17,850 households live in York. About two in ten homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1941. 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 York, averages 120 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 6 electric utilities with service territory in York County, among them FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co and PECO Energy Co; the county page names the other 4.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024