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Tree Service in Diamond Springs
From Camino it's a fair drive down to Diamond Springs, but it's inside our area. Call (530) 803-4676. We'll book a pro who works the lower foothills.
Lower and warmer
Wikipedia says Diamond Springs lies at 1,791 feet. Camino averages 3,133. That's a gap of about 1,300 feet, and the trees show it. Down here you won't see the deep snow loads we get up the hill.
What you get is heat, dry summers and a lot of oaks. When we talk about trouble in Diamond Springs, it's usually a limb that let go in July, a dead tree in the brush, or a big wind.
The oak mix in this county includes valley, black, blue, canyon and interior live oak, according to the UC Master Gardeners. Each acts a bit different. Blue oak grows up to about 3,500 feet in shallow soil and can go dormant in summer. Interior live oak grows below 5,000 feet, and it can have several trunks.
Gold, lime and lumber
Settlers arrived in 1848 and named Diamond Springs for its clear springs, says Wikipedia. The area gave up a 25-pound gold nugget, one of the biggest ever found in El Dorado County. Its busiest time was 1851. Lumber, lime and farming kept it important after the gold ran down.
Lime and lumber both used a lot of wood in those days. Old stumps and rot go together. A stump that looks solid may hide a weak root run. Ask the pro to poke at it.
What goes wrong in a dry foothill yard
- Big oak limbs that drop in summer heat.
- Dead trees on a hillside, over a road or a driveway.
- Brush and low limbs close to a house.
- Trees that lean after the ground gets soaked in winter.
The UC note on oaks says big sideways limbs should come off if they reach out above a house, walk or drive. It also says a fungus in the wood doesn't kill the tree, but the damage can make it fail. A pro can look for both.
If a tree has fallen in a storm, the same Master Gardeners and the International Society of Arboriculture agree on one thing. Hang back until someone qualified can look at it. Trees under tension may react in ways you won't see coming.
How we help
Call us. Give us the road and what's happened. We find a pro who covers the Diamond Springs side of the county and set up the visit.
Your pro looks, tells you what's best, and gives you a price. If it's a dead tree on a slope, ask about how the logs will be handled.
Heat, drought and old wood
After a few dry years, the trees in a low foothill yard get stressed. Stressed trees drop leaves early and sometimes drop limbs. A tree that looks tired in August may be telling you something.
Watch for early fall color on an oak, and for patches of dry, brown leaves. Look at the bark too. If it's coming off in plates, a pro should look.
It's also smart to check the ground under big oaks in late summer. Small fresh twigs on the dirt can mean a bigger limb is about to follow.
Prices to expect
Cost guides put dead tree removal at $75 to $400, small trees at $150 to $400, and stump grinding at $100 to $500 a stump. Emergency jobs run $450 to $5,000. Your pro sets the real price.
Close by
North is Placerville. South and west are El Dorado and Shingle Springs. For tall trees, see hazard tree inspection.