Tree Service in Maumelle, AR

Maumelle is unusual among Little Rock's suburbs because it was planned from scratch. The land was a World War II ordnance plant; in 1967 Jess Odom bought roughly 5,000 acres of it, and with federal backing it became one of only thirteen "New Towns" developed across the country in the early 1970s. A lot of the original woodland was kept as neighborhoods went in around it.

That's what makes Maumelle attractive to live in, and it's what makes its tree work distinctive: big pines and hardwoods growing right up against houses that were built into the woods rather than on cleared ground.

Tree Services in Maumelle

• Tree removal — dead, storm-damaged, or grown too close to the house. Many Maumelle removals are tall pines on sloped, wooded lots where nothing can simply be felled, so the tree comes down in rigged sections.
• Trimming and pruning — clearing limbs off roofs and gutters, raising canopy over driveways, and removing deadwood from mature hardwoods.
• Stump grinding and tree stump removal — ground below grade so lawns and landscaping can be restored.
• Storm damage and emergency work — help when a tree comes down on a house, a car, or across a street. Call rather than filling in a form.
• Land and lot clearing — selective clearing that opens up a wooded lot while keeping the trees worth keeping.

What Maumelle Trees Tend to Need

Pines close to houses

Building into existing woods leaves plenty of homes with tall loblolly pines within falling distance of the roof. Healthy pines can stand for decades, but they're the tree to watch most closely here, because a stressed pine can be taken by bark beetles fast. A pine fading from green to yellow to rust red is almost always already dead — our guide to tree diseases and pests in Central Arkansas covers the early signs to catch it sooner.

Roots, slabs and drives

With trees this close to foundations and driveways, questions about roots come up constantly. Most of the time it's the clay soil moving, not roots pushing on concrete — there's an explanation of what actually happens in tree roots vs. sewer lines, driveways and slabs before anyone decides a healthy tree has to go.

Storm exposure along the river

Maumelle sits along the Arkansas River, and the storm lines that cross Pulaski County in spring bring saturated ground together with tall trees — the combination that produces uprooting. A new lean after heavy rain, or soil lifting on one side of the trunk, is worth a call the same week.

HOAs and the City

Many Maumelle neighborhoods have a property owners' association with rules about removing trees, and some require approval before a tree on your lot comes down — sometimes only above a certain trunk size. City rules and HOA rules are separate, and the HOA is often the stricter of the two, so check your covenants and get any approval in writing before scheduling the work.

Maumelle is also its own municipality with a city Tree Board overseeing trees in parks, along streets and on public land. Trees in the right-of-way belong to the city, and construction projects can bring their own requirements. The Little Rock tree permit guide explains how these rules generally work, but Little Rock's specific ordinances don't carry over — confirm with the City of Maumelle for anything involving public land or a building permit.

What It Costs

Rough ranges for the Little Rock metro, including Maumelle:

Wooded lots with slopes and tight access tend to land higher in those ranges, because more of the work is rigging and carrying rather than dropping and chipping. The full breakdown is in our Little Rock tree service price guide. These are typical market ranges; your actual price comes from the professional's written estimate.

Nearby

Requests are welcome from the whole metro. If you're across the river or just over a city line, see our North Little Rock, Sherwood and Bryant & Benton pages, or the full list on our services page.