Emergency Storm Tree Service in Wichita, KS

Emergency storm tree service in Wichita is what follows a night of straight-line winds or a glaze of ice: a cottonwood limb through the garage roof, a split elm leaning over the driveway, a Bradford pear torn in half across the fence. When the NWS recorded a 102 mph gust at the Wichita airport on June 17, 2025, it reported very extensive tree damage throughout much of the city, around 250 reports of downed power lines in Sedgwick County, and about 85,000 people without power. After storms like that, calls are handled by danger, not by the order they came in.

First, stay safe

Stay away from any tree or limb touching a wire, and from any wire on the ground; treat every downed line as energized and report it to the electric company. Do not go into a room where a tree has come through the roof until someone has checked the structure. Do not try to cut a trunk or limb that is bent under tension or hung up in another tree. Those pieces can spring back or drop without warning, and they are the most common way storm cleanup goes wrong.

What gets handled first

When a storm creates more work than anyone can do in a day, we sort it by risk. A tree on an occupied house, a limb blocking the only way out, or a trunk leaning toward a building comes first. Next are hangers, broken limbs caught in a crown above a walkway or roof. A tree lying across the lawn with nothing under it can wait a few days. Call (316) 512-2394 any time to leave details and photos so the job can be put in the right place in line.

Ice storms

Ice is a different kind of damage from wind. The NWS Wichita office calls the January 2005 storm the costliest ice storm in Kansas history; it coated much of the area with a quarter to half an inch of ice and left more than 50,000 people in Sedgwick County without power. Ice breaks limbs high in the crown and leaves many of them cracked but still attached. After the ice melts, a careful look at the crown, ideally from the ground with binoculars, shows the hangers and cracked limbs that need to come down.

Insurance and paperwork

If a tree has damaged your house, garage or fence, call your insurance company early and take photos before anything is moved, as long as it is safe to do so. Coverage for removing a fallen tree depends on your policy and on what the tree hit. We give you a written, itemized estimate and invoice you can send to the insurer. The city treats storm debris from private trees as the owner's responsibility, except when it announces a pickup after a widespread disaster.