Tree Service in Wichita, KS

Elite Tree Service Wichita does most of its tree service work inside Wichita itself, from the older streets east of downtown to the newer subdivisions on the far west and northeast sides. The city covers roughly 162 square miles of land, and the trees vary as much as the housing does. A 1910s bungalow in College Hill usually comes with a towering elm or silver maple that has been pruned (or not) by several owners. A 2005 home near the edge of town tends to have a row of fast-growing ornamentals that are now hitting the gutters. We plan each job around the tree in front of us, not a flat rate.

Wind is the main reason trees fail here

Wichita's average wind speed is about 13 mph, and spring thunderstorms routinely push far past that. On June 17, 2025, the National Weather Service recorded a 102 mph gust at the Wichita airport, the highest it had ever measured in the city. Sedgwick County logged about 250 downed power line reports and roughly 85,000 people lost power. A large tree came down on homes in the 1200 block of South Pershing, and a limb hit a garage in Riverside. Most of the trees that fail in a storm like that had a warning sign beforehand: a split fork, a hollow base, a dead leader or a heavy limb reaching over a roof.

Ice is the other half of the story

The January 2005 ice storm left a quarter to half an inch of ice across much of the area and became the costliest ice storm in Kansas history at the time, with more than 50,000 people in Sedgwick County without power. Ice loads hit the same weak points wind does. Thinning a crown and taking out deadwood before winter is the cheapest storm insurance a Wichita homeowner can buy.

Neighborhoods we spend a lot of time in

• College Hill: most homes were built between 1900 and 1934, and the yards have the big shade trees to match. When the May 1999 tornado moved north through the city, NWS noted numerous trees uprooted as far north as College Hill even though structural damage there was minimal.
• Riverside: platted in 1886 and wrapped by the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers, with tall trees over narrow lots and alleys.
• Delano and Midtown: historic neighborhoods with mature canopy and tight access, where rigging limbs down by rope is often safer than dropping them.
• Southeast Wichita (Oaklawn and Planeview area): wartime housing areas where the April 14, 2012 EF3 tornado did its worst damage.

What happens to the wood

Wichita's Brooks Landfill at 4100 N. West Street accepts tree debris and other vegetation by weight, and logs or stumps over three feet in diameter carry an added charge per ton. We haul brush and wood from every job unless you ask us to leave firewood or chips, and the estimate says which you chose.

Pests and soil we watch for

Sedgwick County soils run from sand near the rivers to heavy clay, and K-State Research and Extension notes pH is usually 7.2 or higher. That alkaline soil is why so many Wichita pin oaks and silver maples have yellow leaves with green veins (iron chlorosis). We also check Scots and Austrian pines for pine wilt, and elms for Dutch elm disease, before recommending pruning or removal.

Call (316) 512-2394 or send the form with a photo of the tree. We'll walk the yard, mark what needs to go, and leave a written estimate. Get a free estimate