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Tree Service in Shingle Springs

Yes, Shingle Springs is part of our area. It's our next-door neighbor, about 3 miles east of Cameron Park as the crow flies. Call (530) 999-7156 and we'll ring pros who already work your side of Highway 50.

Tell us what the tree did. We'll do the calling and set up a time.

A small town right on the highway

Shingle Springs is smaller than people think. The 2020 census counted about 4,660 residents in the CDP. Their 8.2 square miles leave far more elbow room per home than Cameron Park has.

More room means bigger trees, and longer reach. On a big lot, a tall oak or pine may be the only thing between the house and the wind. When one of those goes, it has a long way to fall.

The town sits right on Highway 50. That helps when a pro has to get here after a storm. It also means some trees lean over busy frontage roads and driveways that open onto them.

A name that came from trees

Fitting, for a tree page. Miners here had a shingle-making machine, pulled by horses, set up by the springs on the camp's west side. Its daily output was 16,000 wood shingles, and the town took its name from it. Today the place is listed as California Historical Landmark #456.

Those early cabins were roofed with wood cut from the hills around here. Today the trees just need watching.

What to watch after a storm here

Start with the driveway. Many homes here sit back from the road. A limb across a long drive can cut you off. If it's blocking the only way out and someone needs care, call 911.

Then the trees closest to the house. Look up for snapped tops and broken limbs stuck in the branches.

Then the base of any leaner. Fresh cracks in the dirt on one side of a leaning tree are a warning. A slow lean that's been there for years usually isn't.

Same forecast as us. The weather service puts Shingle Springs in the same forecast zone as Cameron Park, the Central Motherlode between 1,000 and 3,000 feet. When we get a wind warning, you probably do too.

What it costs out here

Big lots cut both ways. Open ground can make a job faster, since a tree can sometimes be dropped in one piece. A long gravel drive or a steep back slope can make it slower. For comparison, Today's Homeowner says a Sacramento-area removal averages near $723. Tree pros will tell you the real number after they look.

See more ranges on our cost section.

How fast

Shingle Springs is close to many of the pros who work around Cameron Park. Most of the time, a visit can be set up soon. After a big wind, everyone's busy, and we'll tell you so up front.

Before the rains come

Dry summers set up winter trouble. Shingle Springs has what's called a Mediterranean climate, the Csa kind. That means hot, dry summers and wet winters. Trees go into fall thirsty, and then the first big storms soak the ground all at once.

So fall is a good time for a look. Walk out to the big trees near the house and the drive. Note dead limbs, a new lean, or bark falling off in sheets. If you see any of that, call and we'll set up a pro before the wet season gets going.

Close by

Heading west on 50 puts you back in Cameron Park. North sits tree service in Rescue, and up the hill east is tree service in El Dorado. Something already fell? Read fallen tree and limb removal, or browse every town.