Tree Removal in Medical Center Area

The Medical Center Area is a dense mixed-use corridor in central Amarillo anchored by the city's two major hospital systems and surrounded by mid-century residential neighborhoods, office parks, and medical facilities. Development here intensified from the 1950s through the 1980s, and the area sees constant construction and renovation activity. Tree work here has to be coordinated around heavy traffic, overhead utility lines, and active medical facilities.

A dead or leaning tree in Amarillo can come down fast when the spring thunderstorms roll through the Texas Panhandle. The hard, dry soil out here — especially in older neighborhoods like English Village and Wolflin — doesn't hold roots the way softer ground does, so trees that look stable can fail after a long dry spell followed by a hard rain. Cottonwoods, elms, and hackberries planted in the 1970s and 1980s are getting old, and a lot of them are starting to show it.

We assess every tree on the ground before we touch it — checking lean, root condition, and what's underneath before we make a single cut. Out here the wind comes from the northwest with almost no warning, so we rig and lower branches in sections instead of letting anything fall free near a fence, roof, or power line.