Emergency Tree Service in New Canaan, CT

New Canaan is a town of large wooded lots, and the woods grow right up to the house.

Away from the village center, New Canaan is mostly homes set back on big, wooded lots along ridge roads like Ponus Ridge, Oenoke Ridge, Smith Ridge, and West Road. The tall oaks, maples, tulip trees, and hemlocks were often left standing when the houses went in, so mature trees stand close to roofs, long driveways, and the overhead lines that run along the roads. Many of those roads are narrow and lined with stone walls, which leaves little room to work around a downed tree.

Tropical Storm Isaias on August 4, 2020 hit New Canaan hard. The morning after, more than 80 percent of the town was still without power, and the first selectman reported that about 160 roads had been affected by downed trees and wires, with around 100 still partly or fully closed. The October 2011 nor'easter, which dropped heavy wet snow on trees still in leaf, and Hurricane Sandy in 2012 also left New Canaan with widespread tree damage and long outages.

The town sits on higher ground running north from the Merritt Parkway toward the New York line, and the National Weather Service New York office in Upton (OKX) issues its wind, tropical, and winter storm warnings. Summer thunderstorms with downbursts can do as much damage on a single street as a named storm.