Tree Service in Whiskey Creek, FL

Tree Service in Whiskey Creek is mostly maintenance on trees that have been around a while. The community takes its name from Whiskey Creek, a small tributary that separates it from McGregor, with Fort Myers to the north, Cypress Lake to the south and Villas and Pine Manor to the east. It is compact, about 1.54 square miles of land, and settled: the population barely moved between 2000 and 2020, staying around 4,800 people. Fort Myers Tree Service Pros helps Whiskey Creek owners keep mature trees safe, clear of the house and clear of the wires.

Overhead lines and who trims what

On older streets, trees and overhead lines grew up together. Utilities trim trees that conflict with their own lines on a set cycle, but the rest is often on the homeowner. FPL, for example, says customers are responsible for trees within 10 feet of a power line that aren't in conflict with its lines, and that those trees must be trimmed by a qualified line-clearance tree trimmer. FPL also says it removes trees that can't be pruned without harming them, and gets the customer's consent first. If your service drop, the line from the pole to your house, runs through a canopy, call your utility about the line itself, then let us handle the tree around it.

Risk, documented

Florida Statute 163.045 matters in neighborhoods like this, where many of the large trees are decades old. If an ISA certified arborist or a Florida licensed landscape architect assesses a tree on single-family residential property and documents that it poses an unacceptable risk, meaning removal is the only practical way to bring the risk below moderate under ISA's 2017 risk assessment method, a local government can't require a permit, fee or replacement tree to remove it. For healthy trees, the usual Lee County rules apply, including the exemption for removing five or fewer trees a year from a lot with a home.

What we look for on older trees

• Dead limbs over roofs, driveways and walkways
• Decay at old pruning cuts or where limbs broke off years ago
• Cracks where two trunks meet
• Fungus at the base or root flare
• Roots damaged by past sidewalk, driveway or plumbing work
• Palms with narrowing trunks or a pencil-pointed top

A neighborhood of long-term owners

Census figures show 34.4% of Whiskey Creek residents were 65 or older in 2020, with a median age of 56. The homeowner vacancy rate was just 2.2%. Many owners stay for years, and their trees keep getting bigger. We often work on the same yard more than once over the years, so our notes from each visit go into the next estimate.

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