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Tree Service in Placerville
Placerville is the county seat, and it's the town most of us come down to for groceries and the hardware store. Call (530) 803-4676 if a tree is giving you grief there. We'll match you with a nearby tree pro and book a time.
The county seat
Placerville had 10,747 people in the 2020 census, says Wikipedia. It sits at 1,867 feet. The ZIP code is 95667. That's almost 1,300 feet below Camino, and you can feel it. A storm that drops snow on us may leave Placerville wet and windy.
So the trouble in town is a little different. Less snow load. More hot-weather limb drop, wind, and old trees in tight yards.
Placerville is a city, so it has its own rules for trees on city land and along city streets. Call city hall about those. For trees on your own lot, call us.
A town named after a tree
Well, a hanging tree. Wikipedia says the town was first called Dry Diggin's, for the way miners moved dry dirt in carts. Later in 1849 it got its best-known old name, Hangtown. Men were strung up from a Main Street oak.
The name stuck for a few years. In 1854, the city was incorporated as Placerville, after the placer gold deposits.
It tells you something. People have been tangled up with oaks here since the start. The big old ones still stand around the old town, in back yards and along older streets.
Oaks, heat and tight spaces
Master Gardeners at UC name five oaks as the common ones locally: blue, black, canyon, valley and interior live. In older parts of town you often find several on one block.
These trees can drop a limb in the heat with no wind and no warning. Master Gardeners call that summer branch drop. The branches that fail are often the long sideways ones, so look at those over the roof, the car, the walk and the play yard.
A city lot is tight. A pro can't swing a limb the way he can in the woods. Pieces get roped down, and that takes more time and more care. It can raise the price.
What a Placerville call looks like
- A big oak limb on a car in a narrow driveway.
- A tree leaning toward the neighbor's house.
- Roots lifting a sidewalk or a foundation.
- A tree wrapped up in power and phone lines.
Lines are common in town. Stay 10 feet back from any wire, as PG&E advises, and call 911 for an emergency.
How we help
You give us the street and the problem. We find a pro who works Placerville every week. Many of them work town streets every week.
The pro looks at the tree, tells you what it needs, and gives you a price. If you'd like a second quote, tell us and we'll look for another pro.
Street trees and your yard
Not every tree you see is yours. A tree on the city strip between the sidewalk and the street may be the city's. If it's down, call the city. If it's in your yard, it's yours.
The line can be hard to tell. Ask the city if you aren't sure. A pro can't take down a city tree for you.
For trees in your own yard, we're the number to call. Most of the calls from town involve a limb over a roof or a car. Those are quick to set up, and we try to match you with a pro who can come the same week.
Prices to expect
Guides put small trees at $150 to $400, mid-size ones at $450 to $700 and big ones at $900 to $1,200. In the Sacramento area the guide shows an average removal of $723, with a range of $270 to $1,166. These are guides, and your pro sets the real price.
Near Placerville
Up the hill is Smith Flat, then Camino. To the south are Diamond Springs and El Dorado. For a fast first move, see emergency tree removal.