--- title: Tree Removal in Johnson Lane, NV | Battle Born Tree url: https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/johnson-lane/tree-removal/ 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/) - [Johnson Lane](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/johnson-lane/) - Tree removal # Tree removal in Johnson Lane, NV Tree removal in Johnson Lane, NV tends to come in rows: a windbreak or a property-line planting where several trees have died or broken at once. Battle Born Tree Service removes them with its own boom truck, chipper and track loader, about 28 minutes from our Carson City yard. Johnson Lane spreads about 2,800 homes over roughly 22 square miles on the east side of the Carson Valley, north of Minden. Nearly all are detached houses with their owners living in them, and the Census Bureau's estimates show none built before 1960. Every tree here was planted by someone, on open ground, within living memory. ## At a glance - About 2,800 homes on about 22 square miles: room to bring machines to the tree - Wildfire risk to homes higher than 98.3% of US communities - Local gauge averages about 8.1 inches of precipitation a year - About 17 miles from the yard, about 28 minutes without traffic ## Why do windbreak trees fail together? A row planted in the same year, of the same species, on the same drip line shares everything, including its weak points. When the irrigation is cut back, or a line breaks unnoticed, the whole row is stressed at once. The Minden 6.0 NNE gauge, less than a mile from the center of Johnson Lane, averages only about 8.1 inches of precipitation a year (NOAA 1991-2020 normals). Nothing planted here gets by on rainfall. Stressed trees lose tops and limbs in wind, and stressed conifers attract bark beetles. By the time one tree in a row is dead, its neighbors deserve a look. The arborist walks the row and tells you which trees can stay. Background reading: [drought stress and dieback](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-guide/drought-stress-and-dieback/). ## Does a bigger lot make removal simpler? Usually it does. With space around the tree, the 75-foot Altec boom truck can often drive right up to it, the chipper can sit beside the work, and the 2014 Bobcat T870 track loader can carry logs to the dump truck instead of a crew hauling them by hand through a gate. Fewer obstacles means fewer hours. It is still not felling in a field. Houses, shops, corrals, septic systems, wells and overhead service lines all sit somewhere on a big lot, and the arborist maps them before choosing the method. Tell us where the septic tank and leach field are so heavy equipment stays off them. ## How does fire figure in? Heavily. The USDA Forest Service ranks Johnson Lane's risk to homes higher than 98.3% of US communities and about 83% of Nevada communities, the highest of the Carson Valley towns we serve. About 28% of buildings are in the direct exposure zone, 72% in the indirect zone and none in the minimal zone. Large fires mapped within about 10 miles since 1980 include the 2004 Waterfall Fire (8,765 acres), the 1983 S Pinenut Fire (1,797 acres) and the 2005 Badger Fire (656 acres). A line of dead, dry trees leading toward a house is the kind of fuel a defensible space plan removes first. See [defensible space in Johnson Lane](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/johnson-lane/defensible-space/). ## What do we do with a whole row of trees? Brush is chipped and logs are hauled, or left if you want them. A row leaves a row of stumps, so decide early whether they are to be ground. On larger jobs, where brush and volunteer trees have filled a fence line, [lot clearing and brush mowing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/johnson-lane/lot-clearing-brush-mowing/) may suit better than tree-by-tree removal. The free estimate will lay out both. ### Sources - [NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, Minden 6.0 NNE station](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/us-climate-normals) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities](https://wildfirerisk.org/download/) (April 2026 data) - [U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates, Johnson Lane CDP](https://data.census.gov/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [National Interagency Fire Center, fire perimeter history (Waterfall Fire, 2004; S Pinenut Fire, 1983; Badger Fire, 2005)](https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - **Drive from our yard:** about 28 min 16.9 miles - **Elevation:** 4,818 ft USGS - **USDA hardiness zone:** 6b 2023 map - **Homes built before 1980:** 17% median year built 1995 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. ### Start here - [About the service: Tree removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/tree-removal/) - [Tree service in Johnson Lane](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/johnson-lane/) ### 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. 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Call [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243). Phones are answered seven days a week. ### Can you remove an entire dead windbreak in Johnson Lane? Yes. Multiple trees in one visit is routine. The arborist checks each tree first, because some in the row may be worth keeping. ### Will your trucks damage my septic system? Show us where the tank and leach field are before work starts. The crew plans the truck and loader routes around them. ### How dry is Johnson Lane? The nearest gauge with NOAA normals, Minden 6.0 NNE, averages about 8.1 inches of precipitation a year. Trees here depend on irrigation. ### How far is Johnson Lane from Battle Born Tree Service? About 17 miles, or about 28 minutes without traffic, from our yard on US Highway 50 East.