Tree Service in Munroe Falls, OH

Tree Service in Munroe Falls takes in a lot of river. The city covers just 2.77 square miles of land along the Cuyahoga River in eastern Summit County, with about 5,000 residents and roughly 2,160 homes. It's bordered by Stow to the north, Tallmadge to the south and Cuyahoga Falls to the west, and much of its character comes from the river, the parks along it and the trees that line both.

The dam that came out

For about a century, a dam built in 1903 held back a pool of the Cuyahoga here. In the early 2000s the Ohio EPA and Summit County found low oxygen levels in the river, mostly because of that stagnant pool. Between August 2005 and October 2006 the entire dam was removed after workers found a natural rock ledge beneath it. The river now runs more freely through town. For riverside homeowners, that history is a reminder that the banks have changed and are still settling. Trees on the bank edge can be undercut by high water, and their roots may be partly exposed.

Reading a bank-side tree

If you own property along the river, a few things are worth watching:

• Roots showing along the bank face, especially after spring high water
• A tree that has started leaning toward the water
• Cracks in the soil on the uphill side of the trunk
• Dead tops or thinning crowns on willows, cottonwoods, silver maples and box elders, which are common on wet ground

None of these automatically means removal. Sometimes reducing weight on the water side is enough. But a big tree falling into the river can take part of the bank with it, so it's worth an inspection.

Parks next door

Munroe Falls Metro Park, with its swimming lake, and the Tallmadge Meadows area are Summit Metro Parks sites in the city, and the city owns Brust Park and Guise Park. The Summit Bike and Hike Trail runs through Brust Park. Homes next to parks and trails have trees with long, open edges and a lot of public foot traffic beneath them, which makes dead limbs over a trail or fence line a real concern.

Storm prep and cleanup

Summer thunderstorms are the main tree hazard in this part of Summit County. During the August 2023 storm, an 80 mph gust was recorded southwest of nearby Kent, and trees came down across Stow and Silver Lake on either side of Munroe Falls. Removing dead wood and thinning dense crowns before storm season lowers the odds of a limb on your roof.

Choosing trees for wet ground

If you're replacing a tree on low, damp ground near the river, choose species that tolerate wet feet, and plant them back from the bank edge rather than right at it. A tree planted a little uphill gets enough water without having its root plate undercut by the next flood.

Get started

Call (330) 325-4776 or send the form with photos of the tree and, for river lots, the bank. We'll come out and give you a written estimate. Get a free estimate