--- title: Emergency Tree Service in Minden, NV | Storm Clean-Up url: https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/minden/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/) - [Minden](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/minden/) - Emergency tree service # Emergency tree service in Minden, NV Emergency tree service in Minden is offered 24 hours a day by Battle Born Tree Service at [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243), from a yard about 20 miles and about 26 minutes up US 395 without traffic. Before you call us, call 911 if anybody is hurt, and call NV Energy and stay back if a wire is under or over the tree. Minden is a town of shade trees on a cold valley floor. Its weather station records more snow than Carson City's and colder winter nights, and broad-crowned street and yard trees are the ones that pay for it. ## At a glance - Minden station: 21.8 inches of snowfall a year, against 14.0 at the Carson City station - Average winter low at the Minden station: 19.9 degrees - About 26 minutes from our yard without traffic - Storm debris collected and disposed of ## Why does snow break more limbs in Minden than you would expect? NOAA's 1991-2020 normals for the Minden station, half a mile from the center of town, show 21.8 inches of snowfall a year. The Carson City station shows 14.0. Minden's average winter low is 19.9 degrees, five degrees colder than Carson City's. The town is in USDA hardiness zone 6b. The damage comes at the edges of the season. An early snow that lands while leaves are still on, or a late one after they have come out, puts weight on every twig. Broad deciduous trees with long side limbs split at the forks. Evergreens that were never thinned shed whole limbs. The morning after, [heavy wet snow and broken limbs](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/heavy-snow-broken-limbs/) tells you what to leave alone. ## What counts as an emergency? Not every broken branch needs a night call. These do: - A tree or large limb on a house, garage, vehicle or fence with animals behind it - A tree across a driveway or street that blocks people in - A split trunk or a large limb that is cracked and still hanging over a place people walk - A tree that has started to lean since the storm, with the soil lifting on one side If a power line is in the picture, it is NV Energy's emergency first and ours second. A pile of small limbs on the lawn can wait for office hours, Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, and a free estimate. ## How we take a tree off a house in town On a town lot, fences, sheds and neighbors' roofs are all inside the reach of a mature tree. Cutting a trunk loose and letting it roll is how a second roof gets damaged. Our crane lifts the tree away in sections and sets each one down where the chipper and loader can get to it. The crane, the 75-foot boom truck and the rest of the fleet are our own, so there is no rental to wait on. A certified arborist assesses the job before work begins, including what the rest of the tree is likely to do once the weight comes off. ## What happens once the yard is clear? Emergency work makes the place usable again. The follow-up is ordinary tree care: [grinding the stump](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/stump-grinding/), removing dead wood from the trees that stayed up, and pruning to take weight off long limbs before next winter. Pruning timing is covered in [best time to prune trees in Northern Nevada](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/best-time-to-prune-trees-northern-nevada/). If you plan to claim on insurance, take photos before anything is moved. Your insurer decides what is covered. ### Sources - [NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, Minden station](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/us-climate-normals) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [USDA Agricultural Research Service: Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023)](https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/) (read October 1, 2026) - **Drive from our yard:** about 26 min 19.5 miles - **Elevation:** 4,725 ft USGS - **USDA hardiness zone:** 6b 2023 map - **Homes built before 1980:** 16% 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: Emergency tree service and storm clean-up](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/emergency-tree-service/) - [Tree service in Minden](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/minden/) ### 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. ### Who do I call for a fallen tree in Minden at night? 911 if someone is hurt, NV Energy if a line is involved, then Battle Born Tree Service at [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243). Emergency service is offered 24 hours a day. ### Does Minden or Douglas County require a permit to remove a storm-damaged tree? We have no record of a private-property tree removal permit on the Carson Valley floor. Check with the Town of Minden or Douglas County for a tree in the street right-of-way, and with your association if you have one. They decide. ### A limb is on my fence but nothing else. Do I need emergency service? Probably not, unless animals can get out or the limb is still attached overhead. Call during office hours for a free estimate. ### Do you serve people who have never used you before? Yes. After severe storms existing clients come first, but we are equipped to serve anyone in need.