Tree Service in Edmond, OK

Tree Service in Edmond is a little different from the rest of the metro, because the city itself pays close attention to its canopy. Edmond formed an Urban Forestry Commission in 1999 out of the Tomorrow's Edmond visioning project, it has a full-time urban forestry staff, and in 2021 it became the first Oklahoma city to adopt requirements for preserving forested areas during development. For a homeowner, that means two things: the trees on your lot are often older and larger than in newer suburbs, and anything touching a public median, park or power line has someone at City Hall who cares about it.

Built on a ridge, inside the Cross Timbers

Edmond started as a Santa Fe Railway water and coaling stop in 1887, placed on the highest point of the line in Oklahoma County, and the town filled in overnight during the land run of April 22, 1889. The city sits in the Sandstone Hills and the Cross Timbers, which is why so many east-side lots still carry native post oak and blackjack oak, often mixed with eastern redcedar. Those oaks do not like having their root zones cut, trenched or buried under fill. A lot of the decline we see in older neighborhoods traces back to construction, drainage changes or a driveway that was poured years ago.

What homeowners here usually call about

• Raising and thinning big oaks and elms that hang over roofs, driveways and the street
• Removing trees that never recovered from the October 2020 ice storm, when broken tops were left to heal on their own
• Taking out dying Scots or Austrian pines; Oklahoma State University Extension says pine wilt is common in residential areas along the I-35 corridor
• Clearing service drops from the house to the pole, which is the owner's job rather than the utility's
• Grinding stumps after removals so a lawn or bed can go back in
• Cleaning up wooded acreage on the far east side toward Arcadia Lake

Power lines and Edmond Electric

Edmond runs its own electric utility, and the city's urban forestry division oversees Edmond Electric's line pruning. If a limb is on or near a primary line along the street, leave it for the utility and report it. If it is the smaller service line that runs to your house, that is normally the homeowner's responsibility, and the safe way to handle it is to have the power to that line disconnected before anyone climbs. We plan that coordination as part of the job.

After a storm

After the 2020 ice storm, Edmond collected storm debris in two passes that started on the west side of the city and moved east, and asked residents to cut limbs to six feet or less and stack them within 10 feet of the curb, away from meters, hydrants, mailboxes and irrigation heads. Free drop-off was opened at the Hafer Park ball field lots for residents. Rules can change from storm to storm, so check the city's announcement, but if we do the cleanup, we haul the wood away ourselves and you do not have to wait for a pickup round.

Call (405) 679-3042 or send the form with a photo or two of the trees. We will walk the yard, explain what we would cut and why, and put the price in writing. Get a free estimate