Tree Service in Shingle Springs

Tree service in Shingle Springs covers a lot of ground. Shingle Springs is spread out. The census area covers about 8.2 square miles but only about 4,660 people live here. That's a lot of land per house, and a lot of trees per house too.

Most folks own their place. The census counted 1,791 homes, and 77.6% were owned by the people living in them. So when a tree comes down, it's usually your tree and your call.

We sit at about 1,421 feet, right on Highway 50. Our forecast comes out of the National Weather Service office down in Sacramento. It puts us in a zone it calls Central Motherlode Between 1000-3000 ft.

Wind is the big one out here. The weather service says some damage can start once winds hold at 40 to 50 mph. A tall pine on a ridge or a lone oak in a pasture takes the worst of it, and that's when a tree service gets the calls.

We've had rough winters lately. In December 2021 the county called it an unprecedented storm, and the sheriff declared a local emergency on 12-29-21. On March 3, 2023, the county listed power outages, downed trees and unplowed roads after record snowstorms.

Nobody wants to guess. These ranges come from national cost guides plus one Sacramento-area guide. They aren't quotes. The tree company prices the job after seeing the tree.

Guides named in the right-hand column (Fixr removal and trimming pages, Today's Homeowner Sacramento page). Looked up in November 2026.

A rush job can carry an extra fee. Thumbtack says it's sometimes as high as $250 an hour. Ask about that first thing.

Out here distance matters. A tree way down a dirt lane takes longer than one by the street, and that shows up in the price.

If a tree lands on the house, call your insurance company. Insurers often cap the tree removal part at $500 or $1,000, per the Insurance Information Institute.

Emergency tree removal in Shingle Springs

A tree on the roof, the truck or the shop. It comes off in pieces, and the tree company leaves the spot safe.

Storm damage cleanup in Shingle Springs

Limbs all over the yard and the pasture after a blow. Cut up, hauled off or stacked as firewood.

Fallen tree across a driveway in Shingle Springs

When the only way out is blocked, that one moves to the front of the line.

Leaning trees over a house, barn or fence

A pine tipping toward the roof or an oak hanging over the horse fence.

Hazard tree inspection in Shingle Springs

A local tree company walks the property and tells you which trees worry them and why.

Want it all on one page? Here's the full list of storm and hazard help.

Ask the UC Master Gardeners and they'll tell you five oaks cover most of El Dorado County. Blue oak and valley oak, black oak and canyon oak, plus interior live oak, make up that list.

Then there's the gray pine, the pale wispy one on every hillside around here. When they're young the trunk grows straight. As they age they often split into several forks and go crooked. A fork like that can let go in a storm.

The other thing about acreage is the driveway. A lot of homes here sit at the end of a long one. One pine across it and nobody's getting in or out, not even the ambulance.

Fences and barns catch a lot of limbs too. A big oak branch on a horse fence is a problem before dinner, not next week.

UC's pest experts list warning signs worth a closer look. Here's the short version.

• Mushrooms, conks or other fungus on the bark or around the base.
• Wounds, cankers or hollow spots in the trunk.
• Cracks in the trunk, or where big limbs fork.
• Dead or dying limbs up top.
• Cracks in the soil near the base.
• A trunk that leans or tilts more than it used to.

Spot one of those near the house, the drive or the barn? Call and we'll get someone out to look. See hazard tree inspections for what the visit covers.

1. You call (530) 771-8785 or send the callback form.
2. We ask what happened, where the tree is and how bad it is.
3. We hunt down a local tree company from this end of the county and book the visit.
4. Out comes the tree company to look it over and quote it.
5. Your call from there. Want a second price from another tree service? Just say so.

Calling costs you nothing. We won't push you to cut a tree you want to keep, either. That's between you and the tree company.

Stay back. Keep every person and every tool 10-plus feet from the wires, PG&E says, when a tree's tangled up in them. Real emergency? 911. Anything else with trees near lines, PG&E takes calls at 1-800-743-5000.

A wire lying in the grass can still be hot, too. The weather service is blunt: don't go near it.

Fire or injuries, 911 first. Our closest firehouse, Station 28 on Ponderosa Road, has a crew on duty around the clock, every day of the week.

We set up tree pros for Shingle Springs, ZIP 95682, and these places close by.

• Rescue, north
• Cameron Park, west
• El Dorado Hills, farther west
• Latrobe, south
• Nashville, down on the river
• Logtown, on 49
• El Dorado, east
• Diamond Springs, east
• Placerville, up the hill
• Smith Flat, past Placerville
• Pleasant Valley, higher still
• Gold Hill, farm country
• Coloma, on the river
• Lotus, next to Coloma
• Pilot Hill, up 49 north

Somewhere else nearby? Call anyway and ask. The towns page has a line on each place.