Tree Service in Midwest City, OK

Tree Service in Midwest City often means dealing with trees that were planted for the city's first generation of homeowners. W.P. Bill Atkinson bought land here after hearing an air depot might be built nearby; the city incorporated on March 11, 1943, named for the Midwest Air Depot that became Tinker Air Force Base. Seward Mott of the Federal Housing Administration's land planning division helped design it, and it became a model for postwar community development. The population went from 10,166 in 1950 to 36,058 in 1960 and 48,114 in 1970. A tree planted in a new front yard in 1955 is now about 70 years old.

The species problem

Fast-growing trees such as silver maple, and in later decades Bradford pear, were popular for quick shade in neighborhoods of this era. Those trees did their job, but they are weak-wooded and short-lived compared to oaks, and the older ones are now dropping limbs, splitting at the forks and decaying at old pruning wounds. Our honest advice on many Midwest City lots is to remove a declining fast-grower in a planned way, before a storm does it, and replant with something longer-lived set well away from lines and the house.

May 3, 1999

Midwest City was hit by the May 3, 1999 tornado, which reached F5 intensity in south Oklahoma City and caused high-end F4 damage in Midwest City, destroying numerous homes and killing three people here. Neighborhoods along that path were rebuilt and replanted, so their trees are now about 25 years old: big enough to matter, still young enough to correct. Structural pruning at this stage pays off for decades.

Lines, alleys and tight back yards

Postwar subdivisions often have utilities along rear lot lines and narrow access to the back yard. OG&E keeps its primary lines clear on a roughly four-year cycle, usually 10 to 14 feet from the wires, and only its approved line clearance contractors work on those lines. The service drop to your house is your responsibility. When a tree is tangled in both, we work out with you and the utility who handles which part, and we have the service line disconnected before we touch it.

What Midwest City customers ask us to do

• Take down a declining silver maple or elm before it fails
• Remove a split Bradford pear and grind the stump
• Prune large trees off roofs and service lines
• Thin and raise street-side trees over sidewalks
• Clean up after wind and hail storms
• Grind old stumps so lawns can be leveled

Ownership and rentals

Census QuickFacts lists a 58.1% owner-occupied rate and 24,888 households in Midwest City. Many homes near the base are rentals, and we regularly quote for owners and property managers who are not on site, sending photos and a written estimate.

Call (405) 679-3042 or fill out the form. We will look, explain the options for each tree, and leave the price in writing. Get a free estimate