Tree Service in Virginia City, NV

Virginia City is the county seat of Storey County and the heart of a National Historic Landmark district designated in 1961. Tree Service in Virginia City is less about volume and more about care. A single tree beside a 19th-century building, a stone retaining wall or a wooden boardwalk can be the whole job, and the plan has to protect what is around it as much as remove or prune the tree.

High, steep and snowy

The town sits at about 6,106 feet on the eastern slope of Mount Davidson. It averages about 11.7 inches of precipitation and 46.4 inches of snow a year, far more snow than Reno gets. Heavy, wet snow on leafed-out trees in spring and on evergreen limbs in winter is a common cause of breakage here. Steep streets also mean a falling limb can go a long way downhill. We rig and lower wood rather than drop it whenever buildings or walls are close.

The Comstock Historic District Commission

The Comstock Historic District Commission issues Certificates of Appropriateness for projects affecting building exteriors in the district, and also for work on pavement, retaining walls, signs and fencing. Tree work by itself is not on that list. But removing a tree that is growing into a historic wall, or grinding a stump next to one, can turn into a wall or fence repair. If that is likely, call the commission's office at 20 North E Street before the work begins.

Fire is part of this town's history

The Great Fire of October 26, 1875, did about $12 million in damage and left roughly 2,000 people homeless. Wooden buildings close together are still the rule in much of town. Keeping tree limbs off roofs and away from chimneys, and removing dead trees near structures, is basic protection here, for your building and your neighbors'.

The forests went into the mines

The Comstock's silver mines consumed enormous amounts of timber. Logging in the Lake Tahoe Basin from 1858 to about 1890 supplied large timbers to shore up the underground workings, and loggers cut down almost all of the native forest there. That history is one reason the big trees around town are valued, and why we treat removal as a last step after pruning has been considered.

Virginia City work

• Pruning trees away from historic roofs, chimneys and facades
• Sectional removals with lowering lines on steep streets
• Clearing snow-broken limbs
• Stump grinding with care near walls and foundations
• Advice on when to involve the historic district commission

Call (775) 600-6504 or send the form, and mention any nearby walls or historic structures. Get a free estimate