--- title: Emergency Tree Service: Galena and Mt. Rose Highway url: https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/galena-mt-rose/emergency-tree-service/ business: Battle Born Tree Service address: 6301 US Highway 50 East, Carson City, NV 89701 phone: 775.232.8243 hours: Office Monday-Friday 8:30 am-5:00 pm; phones answered seven days a week; 24-hour emergency service credentials: ISA Certified Arborist WE-11728A on staff; Nevada Business License # 20131580674; fully insured type: Tree service (removal, crane work, pruning, stump grinding, defensible space, snow removal, firewood) --- - [Home](https://battleborntreeservice.com/) - [Service areas](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/) - [Galena and Mt. Rose Highway](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/galena-mt-rose/) - Emergency tree service # Emergency tree service in Galena and along Mt. Rose Highway Emergency tree service in Galena and along Mount Rose Highway (ZIP 89511) is mostly conifer work on sloping lots: snow-broken tops, trees across long driveways and trunks leaning on roofs. Battle Born Tree Service answers [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243) at any hour; call 911 first if someone is hurt, and NV Energy first if a wire is down. This is the high side of Reno. Our reference point for the ZIP sits at about 5,634 feet, more than 1,000 feet above downtown, and the USDA map puts it in hardiness zone 6b, the coldest zone among the Reno ZIP codes we serve. Storms that bring rain to the valley floor bring snow here. ## At a glance - About 5,634 feet at our reference point, USDA zone 6b - About 35 minutes from the Carson City yard without traffic - Crane and 75-foot boom truck for trees over houses - Tell the office about your driveway: slope, length, snow ## What is different about a tree emergency at this elevation? Three things. The trees are tall evergreens that hold snow on every branch. The houses sit among them, not beside them. And the driveways are long and steep, so a single fallen trunk can shut a household in. Evergreens fail in their own way. A top snaps out and hangs in the crown. A whole tree leans over under load and stops against its neighbor or against the eaves. Both are still moving, slowly, and both can come the rest of the way down without warning. Keep out from under them and read [widow-makers and hanging limbs](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/widow-makers-hanging-limbs/). ## Why access decides the method A crane lifts a broken tree away from a house in sections, and it is the gentlest way to do it. A crane also needs firm, fairly level ground to set its outriggers and a road it can climb. On a steep or snowed-in drive the answer may be the tracked loader, the boom truck from the street, or a climber. So when you call, describe the driveway before the tree: how long, how steep, plowed or not, and whether a truck can turn around. If the drive itself needs opening, we run [snow and ice removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/snow-removal/) with plows and loaders, around the clock in snow season. ## We have no snowfall number for you, and here is why The nearest long-record snowfall stations are on the valley floor or across the hills in Virginia City, too far and too different in elevation to describe Galena. We would sooner give no figure than a wrong one. What is on record: FEMA's National Risk Index rates Washoe County's winter weather risk as Very High. ## Fire-killed and dead trees are storm hazards too The 2024 Davis Fire, mapped at 5,824 acres, has its mapped center about 4 miles from our reference point for the ZIP. The 2011 Washoe Drive Fire, mapped at 3,178 acres, is about the same distance. A dead standing tree is a hazard in any season and can be removed at any time of year. Do not wait for a winter storm to test it. See [how to tell if a tree is dead or dying](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/is-my-tree-dead-or-dying/). ## The drive from Carson City About 26 miles and 35 minutes without traffic to our reference point for the ZIP, and longer to homes higher up the highway. Chain controls and closures on Mt. Rose Highway are outside our control. We will tell you honestly what the road allows. ### Sources - [National Interagency Fire Center, fire perimeter history (Davis Fire, 2024; Washoe Drive Fire, 2011)](https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [FEMA National Risk Index, county ratings for winter weather and strong wind (December 2025 release)](https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/products-tools/national-risk-index) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, 2023](https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [Truckee Meadows Water Authority: Local Tree Ordinances](https://tmwa.com/article/local-tree-ordinances/) (read October 1, 2026) - **Drive from our yard:** about 35 min 26.2 miles - **Elevation:** 5,634 ft USGS - **USDA hardiness zone:** 6b 2023 map - **Homes built before 1980:** 17% median year built 1997 Sources: drive time from our yard at 6301 US Highway 50 East, free-flow, OSRM / Census Geocoder; elevation, USGS 3DEP; hardiness zone, USDA 2023 map; housing figures, U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates; wildfire risk, USDA Forest Service Wildfire Risk to Communities (April 2026 data). Retrieved October 1, 2026. ### Rules here Parts of ZIP 89511 are outside the Reno city limits. Where a lot is inside them, private-property removals need no City permit. Trees in a City of Reno right-of-way: Tree Work Permit and a Certified Arborist (Urban Forestry, 775-321-8373). ### Start here - [About the service: Emergency tree service and storm clean-up](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/emergency-tree-service/) - [Tree service in Galena and Mt. Rose Highway](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/galena-mt-rose/) ### Talk to the office [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243) | Monday to Friday | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm | |---|---| | Saturday and Sunday | Office closed, phones answered | Phones answered seven days a week. 24-hour emergency service. [Free estimate](#quote) ### Related - [Emergency tree service and storm clean-up](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/emergency-tree-service/) - [Galena and Mt. Rose Highway (89511)](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/galena-mt-rose/) - [Tree removal in Galena and Mt. Rose Highway](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/galena-mt-rose/tree-removal/) - [Snow and ice removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/snow-removal/) - [Heavy wet snow and broken limbs: what to do the morning after](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/heavy-snow-broken-limbs/) - [Widow-makers and hanging limbs after a wind storm](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/widow-makers-hanging-limbs/) ## Other services in Galena and Mt. 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Rose Highway Still have a question? Call [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243). Phones are answered seven days a week. ### A pine is leaning on my roof near Mt. Rose Highway. Is it safe to stay inside? We cannot tell you that by phone and will never say a leaning tree is safe. Leave the rooms under it and call [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243). If the roof is breaking, call 911. ### Can your equipment get up a steep Galena driveway in winter? It depends on the slope and the snow. Describe the driveway when you call so the arborist can choose between crane, boom truck, loader and climber. ### Do I need a permit to remove a dead tree in ZIP 89511? The City of Reno requires none on private property. Outside the city limits, ask Washoe County or your HOA if you are unsure. ### My driveway is blocked by a tree and by snow. Can you handle both? Yes. Clearing roads and driveways is part of storm clean-up, and snow removal is one of our winter services.