Tree Service in Powder Springs, GA

In Powder Springs, the person who calls about Tree Service is usually the person who owns the tree. Census QuickFacts puts the city's owner-occupied rate at 82.4%, the highest of the Cobb cities we serve, and 89.5% of residents lived in the same house a year earlier. People who stay that long tend to think ahead: pruning before limbs reach the roof, removing a declining tree before it falls, grinding the stump so the lawn can be replanted. Elite Tree Service Marietta handles that kind of planned work across Powder Springs, and storm calls as well.

Gold, springs and Lost Mountain

The town was incorporated as Springville in 1838 and renamed Powder Springs in 1859. The name comes from seven springs inside the city limits, whose water carries minerals that turn the sand black, like gunpowder. Early settlers came looking for gold and found little at the Lost Mountain and Brownsville Road mines. Today the high ground toward Lost Mountain and the lower ground along the creeks make for two different kinds of tree work, and we plan each job for the ground it's on.

Low ground and the 2009 flood

In September 2009, Powder Springs Park and parts of Brownsville Road were completely under water,, and in the same storm Clarkdale Elementary School in south Cobb flooded to the roof. Floods change trees in ways you don't see right away. Roots that sat underwater for days can die back. Silt piled against trunks can smother the root flare. Banks that washed out leave trees with half their anchor gone. Trees near creeks and in low yards that survived 2009 are now older and heavier. When we inspect one, we check the root flare and the soil around it, not just the crown.

Pines along the subdivision edges

Much of Powder Springs was built out as subdivisions on old farm and timber ground, and many lots kept a row of loblolly pines along the back line. Pines that grew up crowded in a stand don't like suddenly standing alone. They are prone to bark beetles when stressed, and to snapping in wind or ice. The Georgia Forestry Commission lists dime-sized resin pitch tubes, brown boring dust at the base and green needles dropping as signs of pine bark beetle attack. If you see those on one pine, check its neighbors. Beetles rarely stop at one tree.

How we price a Powder Springs job

• Each tree is listed separately on the written estimate, so you can choose which ones to do now and which can wait
• Stump grinding is quoted per stump, and the grindings can be left as fill or hauled away
• Firewood can be cut to length and stacked if you want it
• Access through a gate or over a septic field is noted ahead of time so heavy equipment stays off it

To set up a visit, call (770) 308-8948. Get a free estimate