Tree Service in Warr Acres, OK

Tree Service in Warr Acres often means dealing with trees that were planted, or left standing, when the neighborhoods were new. Clyde B. Warr began developing the Warr Acres additions in 1937, and in February 1948 residents of 11 additions, including Putnam City, petitioned to incorporate. By 1979 the town had grown to almost three square miles. A yard tree planted by the first owner of a late-1940s house is now 70 or more years old, and many of the fast-growing species popular back then are reaching the end of their life.

What the ground is like

Warr Acres sits in the Sandstone Hills region, where native forest is blackjack oak and post oak. Where those oaks were left standing during building, they tend to be the oldest trees on the street. They are slow-growing and tough in drought, but they react badly to root damage from sewer work, new driveways or soil piled against the trunk. A post oak can take years to show decline after a root injury, so when we see thinning at the top of an old oak, the first question we ask is what was dug near it.

Along MacArthur and Route 66

The town centers on North MacArthur Boulevard, and its shopping districts line MacArthur, Northwest Expressway and NW 39th Street, the old Route 66. Homes back up to commercial lots in many places, and trees along those rear property lines often get no attention until a limb lands on a fence or a roof. If you share a line with a business, it is worth checking whether a dead tree is yours or theirs before it fails.

When to call

• A large limb is hanging over the roof and you can see a crack where it joins the trunk
• Woodpeckers are working a trunk heavily, which often means insects in decaying wood
• An oak has dead branches at the top while the lower crown still has leaves
• A tree is touching or rubbing the service wire to your house
• A pine has turned brown over a few weeks in late summer or fall

Renters and landlords

Census data from the 2020 count shows about 40% of Warr Acres households rent. If you are a tenant, the owner normally decides on and pays for tree work, so send them the estimate. If you own rentals, we can quote several addresses at once and schedule them together.

Wind and tornadoes

Warr Acres sits in the middle of Tornado Alley. The bigger, more frequent threat to trees here is straight-line wind and ice, and the defense is the same: remove dead wood and reduce weight on the limbs that would hit something if they broke.

Call (405) 679-3042 or fill out the form to set up a free look at your trees. Get a free estimate