--- title: Tree Service in Virginia City, NV | Battle Born Tree url: https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/ 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/) - [Dayton, the Comstock and Lyon County](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/dayton-comstock-lyon/) - Virginia City # Tree service in Virginia City, NV Battle Born Tree Service provides tree service in Virginia City, NV, about 11 miles and about 16 minutes without traffic from our Carson City yard. The work on the Comstock is old trees on steep, tight lots: removal, crane-assisted removal, pruning, defensible space and firewood. ## Virginia City at a glance - **Drive from our yard:** about 16 min 10.7 miles - **Elevation:** 6,198 ft USGS - **USDA hardiness zone:** 7a 2023 map - **Homes built before 1980:** 76% median year built 1956 - **Wildfire risk to homes:** higher than 99.4% of US communities USDA Forest Service - **Owner-occupied homes:** 100% ACS 2020-2024 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. At about 6,200 feet on the side of Mount Davidson, Virginia City is the highest town we serve outside the Lake Tahoe basin. It also has the oldest median house age in our service area, a weather station that records more than three times Carson City's snowfall, and the highest wildfire rating of any community we cover. ## What do houses from the 1950s and earlier mean for the trees? Virginia City is small, about 640 residents in roughly 340 homes, so Census figures here carry wide margins. The pattern is still clear: about three out of four homes were built before 1980, more than half before 1960, and the median home dates from about 1956 (ACS 2020-2024). Trees that grew up beside those houses have had 60 years or more to get big. They stand over roofs, sheds and retaining walls on terraced lots, along narrow streets laid out in the mining era. A tree like that usually cannot be dropped in one piece. It comes down in sections, and where a truck can set up, a crane lifts each section out over the house instead of lowering it onto the yard. See [crane-assisted tree removal in Virginia City](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/crane-tree-removal/) and our guide to [removing a tree in a tight backyard](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/tree-removal-tight-backyard/). ## How much snow does Virginia City get? The Virginia City weather station, at 6,340 feet and a few blocks from the center of town, averages 46.4 inches of snow and 11.7 inches of precipitation a year (NOAA 1991-2020 normals). The Carson City station in the valley below averages 14.0 inches of snow. Summer afternoons average about 80 degrees, cooler than the valleys. More than three times the valley's snowfall means more weight on limbs. Long horizontal branches and trees with two competing trunks are the ones to have looked at before winter. Read [storm and snow-load breakage](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-guide/storm-and-snow-load-breakage/) for what an arborist checks. The 2023 USDA map places ZIP 89440 in hardiness zone 7a. ## The highest wildfire rating in our service area The Forest Service's Wildfire Risk to Communities data rates Virginia City's risk to homes higher than 99.4% of US communities and higher than 95% of Nevada communities. A quarter of its buildings are in the direct exposure zone and the remaining three quarters are in the indirect zone. Storey County as a whole ranks higher than 98% of US counties. Nineteen fires of 300 acres or more have been mapped with a center point within about 10 miles since 1980. Among them: Linehan in 2006 (5,863 acres), Davis in 2024 (5,824 acres), Washoe Drive in 2011 (3,178 acres) and Andrew in 2004 (2,693 acres). In a town of closely spaced old buildings, the 5 feet nearest each structure is where [defensible space work](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/defensible-space/) starts. ## One household in four heats with wood About 26% of Virginia City households heat mainly with wood, against 1.0% for Nevada as a whole, and about 42% more use bottled gas (ACS 2020-2024). We sell [firewood](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/firewood/) and wood chips. Call the office for availability and pricing. ## What we do in Virginia City - [Tree removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/tree-removal/) and large tree removal, with a crane where the site allows - [Pruning](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/tree-trimming/), dead wooding, cabling and bracing for old trees worth keeping - [Stump grinding](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/stump-grinding/) - Defensible space and [brush clearing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/lot-clearing-brush-mowing/) - [24-hour emergency service](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/emergency-tree-service/) and storm clean-up - [Arborist consultation](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/arborist/) before you decide to remove or keep ### Sources - [U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates, Virginia City CDP, Nevada](https://data.census.gov/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, Virginia City station (USC00268761) and Carson City station (USC00261485)](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/us-climate-normals) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities: Virginia City, NV and Storey County](https://wildfirerisk.org/) (April 2026 data) - [National Interagency Fire Center, fire perimeter history (fires of 300 acres or more since 1980)](https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, 2023](https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) ### Fire district Fire district: [Storey County Fire Protection District](https://battleborntreeservice.com/fire-districts/storey-county-fire/) ### Services in Virginia City - [Tree removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/tree-removal/) - [Tree trimming and pruning](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/tree-trimming/) - [Stump grinding](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/stump-grinding/) - [Emergency tree service](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/emergency-tree-service/) - [Defensible space and fire mitigation](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/defensible-space/) - [Lot clearing and brush mowing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/lot-clearing-brush-mowing/) - [Crane-assisted tree removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/crane-tree-removal/) - [Certified arborist](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/arborist/) - [Firewood](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/virginia-city/firewood/) ### 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 - [Dayton, the Comstock and Lyon County](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/dayton-comstock-lyon/) - [Mound House (89706 east)](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/mound-house/) - [Washoe Valley](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/washoe-valley/) - [Who heats with wood in Northern Nevada](https://battleborntreeservice.com/data/wood-heat-households/) - [Heavy wet snow and broken limbs: what to do the morning after](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/heavy-snow-broken-limbs/) - [Snow, rain and temperature normals by weather station](https://battleborntreeservice.com/data/climate-normals-by-station/) ## Other places in the Dayton, the Comstock and Lyon County [Dayton Lyon County · about 12 min from our yard · 4,384 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/dayton/)[Stagecoach Lyon County · about 34 min from our yard · 4,345 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/stagecoach/)[Silver Springs Lyon County · about 41 min from our yard · 4,196 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/silver-springs/)[Fernley Lyon County · about 60 min from our yard · 4,154 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/fernley/)[Wadsworth Washoe County · about 65 min from our yard · 4,073 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/wadsworth/)[Yerington Lyon County · about 78 min from our yard · 4,388 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/yerington/)[Smith Valley Lyon County · about 80 min from our yard · 4,781 ft](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/smith-valley/) ## Tree service questions in Virginia City Still have a question? Call [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243). Phones are answered seven days a week. ### How long is the drive from your yard to Virginia City? About 11 miles, or about 16 minutes without traffic, from 6301 US Highway 50 East. It is a mountain road, and winter conditions change that. ### Can a crane reach a tree on a steep Virginia City lot? Often, but not always. It depends on where the truck can set up, the slope and what is overhead. A certified arborist looks at the site before work begins and plans the removal around what the lot allows. ### Should I remove an old tree next to my Virginia City house or prune it? That depends on the tree's structure, its health and what it would hit. An arborist consultation covers those points and gives you a written proposal. We do not judge a tree from a description. ### A limb broke under snow in Virginia City. Who do I call? Call 911 if anyone is hurt. If a power line is involved, stay well back and call NV Energy. Then call our 24-hour line at [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243). ### Do you sell firewood in Virginia City? Yes, we sell firewood and wood chips. Call the office for availability and pricing.