Tree Service in Saylorville, IA

Tree Service in Saylorville serves a community that is older than most of the suburbs around it. Saylorville was laid out in 1850 and named for John B. Saylor, who laid it out, and coal mining was important in its early history. Today it is a census-designated place in Polk County, not an incorporated city, with 3,584 residents in the 2020 Census on about 7 square miles. Its median age, 45.5, is well above most of the metro.

Because Saylorville is unincorporated, it doesn't have its own city tree rules the way neighboring cities might. Polk County handles county matters. Still, if a tree stands near a road, a utility line or a property line, check with the county or the utility before any work on it.

Storm readings

Saylorville sits near the lake that shares its name and the Ankeny airport. During the August 10, 2020 derecho, a weather station 2 miles east of Saylorville recorded a 77 mph gust at 11:30 a.m. and reported 2- to 3-inch branches broken and a 4-inch tree snapped at the ground. The Ankeny airport, about 3 miles east of Saylorville, recorded 78 mph. On June 30, 2018, rural areas near Saylorville picked up about 7.5 inches of rain.

Properties here

Lots in Saylorville are often larger than in the suburbs, with older homes, mature yard trees, windbreaks and wooded edges. That opens up more options, like felling a tree in one piece when there is space, but also brings more trees to look after. Common work includes:

• Removing dead trees and storm-damaged limbs
• Thinning old windbreaks
• Raising and thinning mature yard trees
• Clearing overgrown edges
• Stump grinding

Near the lake

Saylorville Lake was authorized by Congress in 1958 and became fully operational in September 1977 as a flood control reservoir about 11 miles upstream from Des Moines. In the Great Flood of 1993, it set a record pool of 892.03 feet. Properties near the lake often have wooded edges and slopes, which shape how tree work gets done.

An older population, older trees

With a median age of 45.5, Saylorville has more long-time owners than most of the suburbs nearby. Many of the trees around these homes were planted by the people still living in them, and they are now big enough to need regular care that is hard to do from a ladder. We do the climbing, the cutting and the cleanup, and we can set up a schedule so the work comes in manageable pieces.

Wood handling

Larger lots mean more options for wood: logs left for firewood, chips spread on paths, or everything hauled away. We'll ask, and it goes into the written estimate.

Saylorville is served by both the Saydel and Ankeny school districts, which says something about where it sits: right between the older north side of Des Moines and the newer growth of Ankeny.

Free estimates

Call (515) 762-6977 or use the form. We will walk the property and give you a written estimate. Get a free estimate