Tree Service in Herriman, UT

Herriman had about 1,500 people in 2000 and 55,144 in 2020, and Tree Service in Herriman is shaped by two facts: almost every tree in town is young, and the open foothills around it burn. On September 19, 2010, a fire that started during a National Guard exercise at Camp Williams burned about 3,500 acres, destroyed three homes and forced more than 1,200 homes to evacuate. In 2018, a youth playing with smoke bombs in dry grass started another fire that burned 160 acres and destroyed three houses.

Defensible space around your home

Trees are not the main fuel in a grass fire, but they carry fire to a house when they touch it. The pruning that helps most here:

• Limbs raised so grass fire can't climb into the crown
• Branches cut back from roofs, eaves, decks and chimneys
• Space between tree crowns, and between trees and the house
• Junipers and other resinous shrubs against the siding removed or thinned
• Dead branches, needles and brush piles cleared and hauled away, not left in the yard

We do this work in a single visit for most lots, and the estimate lists exactly what is removed.

Young trees, early decisions

Most Herriman yards were landscaped in the last twenty years, much of it in the Rosecrest development that drove the city's growth. Trees that age are cheap to shape and expensive to fix later. We spend a lot of time here on structural pruning: one leader, well-spaced limbs and no tight forks. We also take out trees that were planted under power lines or too close to the foundation before they become a problem.

Elevation, wind and soil

At about 5,000 feet, Herriman is higher than most of the valley, and its western neighborhoods are exposed to wind off the open ground. Young trees on those lots often grow one-sided. Corrective pruning and removing old stakes and ties keep them upright and healthy.

Two trees that remain

Herriman was settled in 1851 and named for Henry Harriman. The original fort site is now a community garden, and two black locust trees are its only remaining features. Black locust is a durable, drought-tolerant tree that does well here, which is part of why those two outlasted the fort.

Households

Census figures put Herriman's owner-occupied rate around 79 percent, with about 3.4 people per household and fewer than 5 percent of residents aged 65 or older. That is a lot of young families, and a lot of play equipment under trees. We check for hanging deadwood over play areas on every visit.

Call (385) 217-6481 or send the form, and we will set up a time to walk the property. Get a free estimate