Tree Removal in Lawton, OK

Tree Removal Lawton takes down dead, failing and storm-wrecked trees in Lawton, Oklahoma and the surrounding part of Comanche County, and handles the jobs that come with that work: trimming and pruning the trees worth keeping, cleaning up after ice and wind, grinding stumps, clearing out eastern redcedar and opening up overgrown lots. Lawton is a city of 90,381 people (2020 census) on flat to gently rolling plains, with Fort Sill and the Wichita Mountains to the north. The trees here grow under hard conditions, and the work we do is shaped by them.

What the climate does to trees here

Using the 1991 to 2020 normals, the average July high in Lawton is 97.2 degrees and the average January low is 27.4 degrees. Rain averages about 27.5 inches a year, which is not much for a shade tree, and strong south and south-southeast winds are common through the summer. That mix stresses trees in a few predictable ways. Drought years leave dead wood in the crown. Wind finds every weak fork. And when a winter storm brings freezing rain instead of snow, the weight of ice on bare limbs does the rest.

Ice storms are the big one

The National Weather Service office in Norman documented two ice storms that reached this area. In December 2007, it described the worst ice as running through the corridor from near Lawton to Oklahoma City to Tulsa, and more than 641,000 electric customers lost power at the peak. In late October 2020, NWS called a powerful, early-season ice storm, with totals over half an inch reported across a large area from Ponca City to Oklahoma City to Lawton to Clinton, 0.35 inch measured on trees at Elgin and 0.3 inch reported at Marlow. An ice storm that early can arrive before many shade trees have dropped their leaves, which gives the ice more surface to build on.

Storms like those are why we put so much attention on the structure of a tree, not just its size. A clean, well-spaced crown sheds wind and carries ice better than one full of crowded, crossing branches and tight V-shaped forks.

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The trees we see most

Post oak and blackjack oak, the two oaks that define the Cross Timbers woodlands of central Oklahoma, show up on older lots and at the edge of town. They are slow growing and resent having soil piled or compacted over their roots, so a driveway or addition can quietly kill one over several years. Elms are everywhere and drop limbs freely. Bradford pears, widely planted for their spring flowers, are known for weak, narrow forks that split in wind and ice storms. Eastern redcedar fills fence lines and pastures wherever fire and mowing have been kept away, and it burns readily when it gets close to a house.

What happens to the brush

The City of Lawton's bulky waste pickup takes tree debris cut to 6 feet or shorter and no more than 24 inches across, set within 10 feet behind the curb and not under trees or power lines. Pickup is monthly by area. That works for a few limbs you cut yourself. For a full removal or a storm cleanup, our estimate includes chipping and haul-off, so the pile does not sit at the curb for weeks.

Power lines and the utility

Public Service Company of Oklahoma lists Lawton among the towns it serves, along with Cache, Elgin, Fletcher and Duncan. Some rural properties may be served by an electric cooperative instead, so check your bill. Either way, limbs touching a primary line are the utility's call, and limbs in your service drop may need a disconnect before anyone climbs. We sort that out before the job is scheduled.

How we price a job

Every estimate is written and itemized: each tree to come down or be pruned, each stump to grind and how deep, whether wood is left in rounds or hauled, and how the brush leaves the property. If something changes once the work starts, you approve it before it is added.

Most of our work is inside Lawton, from the older central neighborhoods, where big elms and oaks crowd alleys and overhead lines, to the newer west side subdivisions with younger Bradford pears and ornamental trees. Fort Sill sits just north of the city. Around it we work in Cache, Elgin, Medicine Park, Geronimo and Fletcher in Comanche County. Medicine Park and the edges of the Wichita Mountains bring rockier ground, slopes and more redcedar. Elgin and Fletcher to the northeast have more acreage, fence lines and pasture clearing. South and east, we cover Geronimo, Walters, Duncan and Marlow, where lots tend to be larger and many trees sit far from a driveway. Brush disposal rules and which utility serves the property change from town to town, so we confirm both before the job.