Tree Service in Newton, KS

Newton is the Harvey County seat, 25 miles north of Wichita, and it's one of the older towns we offer tree service in. The Santa Fe main line reached it in July 1871, and in 1872 it became the railroad's western terminal and a railhead for the Chisholm Trail. A town that old has old trees, and some of them are remarkable.

A state champion in town

The Kansas Forest Service champion list includes a red mulberry in Newton, recorded in 2016, measuring 255 inches around the trunk, 47 feet tall with a 73-foot crown. For a mulberry, that's enormous. It's also a reminder of what grows in old Newton yards: wide-spreading trees with heavy horizontal limbs that need weight reduction and deadwood removal to stay safe as they age.

The 2024 derecho

On May 19, 2024, a derecho crossed central Kansas. Newton's airport measured a 64 mph gust, and the National Weather Service received reports of extensive tree damage in and around Newton, with many roads blocked. A gust in the 60s doesn't sound extreme, but after a wet spring, with trees in full leaf, it was enough to bring down many old limbs and some whole trees. Most of what fell had a weakness beforehand: dead branches, decay at old pruning wounds, or tight forks with bark trapped inside.

Getting rid of storm debris in Newton

Newton's trash collection rules keep grass, leaves and other lawn and garden waste out of the carts, and small twigs are accepted only when they take up less than half the cart. Anything that doesn't fit isn't collected; the city points residents to bulky item pickup, roll-off rental, or its free landfill coupons for hauling to the transfer station themselves. After a storm, that leaves a lot of homeowners with a pile of limbs and nowhere easy to put it. When we do the work, cleanup and haul-off are in the estimate.

What we see in Newton yards

• Old elms, hackberries, silver maples and mulberries with heavy deadwood
• Trees on narrow lots along alleys, where rope rigging is needed
• Storm-damaged trees from 2024 that are still declining
• Pines browning in fall, often a sign of pine wilt
• Stumps from past removals that are sprouting

Sand Creek and the trail

Newton's Sand Creek Trail and the Sand Creek Station golf course follow one of the town's green corridors. Homes backing up to wooded drainage areas often have volunteer trees, mostly elm, hackberry and mulberry, that grow up through fences and need removing before they get big.

Population

Newton counted 18,602 people in the 2020 census, compared with 19,132 in 2010. It's a stable, established town, and stable towns tend to have trees that have been growing in the same yard for 50 years or more.

Call (316) 512-2394 or fill out the form. We'll walk the property, look at every tree you're worried about and write up a clear quote. Get a free estimate