Tree Service in Oklahoma City, OK

Tree Service in Oklahoma City covers more ground than almost anywhere in the country. Census figures put the city's land area at about 606 square miles, so a call from a 1920s bungalow near the Plaza District has almost nothing in common with a call from a five-acre lot near the Edmond line. We work mostly across the northern half of the city, north of I-40, and we plan each job around what is actually on the property.

The weather sets the schedule

The city has recorded roughly 150 tornadoes inside its limits since 1890, and its yards take a hit from straight-line wind, hail and ice far more often than from tornadoes. The June 13, 1998 storms are a good example: the National Weather Service traced a 16-mile path of straight-line wind damage from Lake Hefner through Nichols Hills and northeast Oklahoma City into southeast Edmond, measured a 105 mph gust at Lake Hefner, and noted the worst tree damage around the Nottingham and Quail Ridge Run subdivisions near Frontier City. Then came October 2020, when ice built up on trees that still had their leaves and the city ended up with about 100,000 tons of limbs and logs to haul, roughly double its normal yearly waste collection.

Three kinds of north OKC properties

Older central neighborhoods

Heritage Hills was Oklahoma City's first historic preservation district, and nearby Mesta Park is also one. In those districts, major exterior changes go through the city's Historic Preservation Commission, so it is worth a quick call to preservation staff before any project that changes the look of the lot. The trees there are often large shade trees planted generations ago, with limbs reaching over old roofs and only narrow access from the alley or a side yard.

Postwar and 1970s subdivisions

The ranch-home streets of the northwest and north side carry a lot of fast-growing trees that are now at the end of their useful life: Bradford pears that split, silver maples with weak crotches, and pines hit by pine wilt.

The wooded northeast

The northeastern part of the city falls in the Cross Timbers, with native post oak and blackjack oak. Those trees are tough but slow, and they decline when grading or new driveways cut into their roots.

Getting rid of the wood

After the 2020 storm, the city's free pickup was limited to residential trash customers. It asked for limbs cut to 10 feet or shorter and kept out of the street and off water meters, mailboxes and poles, and it would not take tree debris mixed with bulky waste. Apartment complexes, HOA common areas, schools and churches had to remove their own. When we take a tree down, we chip the brush and haul the wood unless you want to keep firewood.

Lines along the street

OG&E aims to trim its distribution lines on a four-year cycle and generally clears 10 to 14 feet from the wires. Only its approved line clearance contractors work on primary lines. The service drop to your home is the property owner's responsibility, and OG&E asks owners to call customer service for a temporary disconnect before that work is done.

Call (405) 679-3042 with your address and a description of the trees. We schedule a free walk-through and give you an itemized quote. Get a free estimate