Tree Service in Whitesboro, NY

Tree Service in Whitesboro often starts after the water goes down. Sauquoit Creek forms the village's boundary with Yorkville and empties into the Mohawk River on Whitesboro's east side, and Wikipedia notes that flooding along the creek here is common and frequently closes roads. Floodwater scours soil from around roots, piles debris against trunks and leaves trees standing in mud for days. Some recover. Others are left leaning or quietly rotting at the base. We help sort out which is which.

The Halloween 2019 storm

The Halloween 2019 flood on Sauquoit Creek forced evacuations in the village and destroyed houses. The National Weather Service's summary of that storm shows a 55 mph wind gust at Whitesboro on the afternoon of October 31, along with 24-hour rain totals over 4 inches at a station near Sauquoit, upstream on the creek. Wind on top of saturated ground is exactly the mix that topples trees, so after any big rain-and-wind event we look hard at root plates, not just broken limbs.

After a flood: what to check on your trees

• Exposed or washed-out roots on the creek side of the trunk
• A new lean or soil that has lifted on one side
• Debris jammed against the trunk, which can hide bark damage
• Mushrooms or soft wood at the base in the months after the water recedes
• Dieback in the crown the following summer, a delayed sign of root loss

If you see any of these on a tree that could reach your house, call us for a hazard assessment.

Small lots, close neighbors

Whitesboro packs about 3,600 people into roughly 1.05 square miles, around 3,441 residents per square mile in 2020. Houses sit close together, and a removal here usually means cutting a tree down in sections and lowering each piece by rope instead of felling it whole. We plan the order of cuts around roofs, fences, sheds and neighbor property, and we talk with you about access before the crew arrives.

Our services in the village

• Storm and flood cleanup: cutting up fallen trees and clearing limbs off structures
• Removal of undermined, leaning or rotting trees
• Trimming to clear roofs, driveways and service lines (we leave energized lines to the utility)
• Stump grinding after removal
• Hazard tree assessments
• Clearing overgrowth along back lot lines

The creek and the buyout

The Sauquoit Creek Basin Intermunicipal Commission works on flooding, watershed and stormwater issues along the creek, and Wikipedia reports that the village has been pursuing a FEMA buyout for flood-prone properties. A USGS stream gauge has operated about two miles upstream of the creek's mouth since September 2014, and it is worth watching when heavy rain is forecast. If your property is part of a buyout or a creek project, check with the village before removing trees near the bank, since some projects have their own plans for the streamside.

Free estimates

Call (315) 743-5662 or send photos of the tree and the area around it. We will give you a written quote and an honest read on whether a tree can stay.

Call (315) 743-5662