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Tree guides for Sioux Falls homeowners

Plain-language answers to the questions we hear most: what removal costs, whether to treat or remove an ash, the City's tree rules, storms, where debris and ash wood can go, and when to prune.

Crew taking down a dead ash tree with bark stripped by woodpeckers beside a two-story home in Sioux Falls

Tree removal cost in Sioux Falls

2026 prices by size and species, the City's ash figure, dead-ash surcharges and the ten-year treat-or-remove math.

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Close-up of S-shaped emerald ash borer larval galleries under peeled ash bark with a D-shaped exit hole

Emerald ash borer: treat or remove?

How it got here, how to read your tree, SDSU's 30–40 percent rule and the quarantine.

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Newly planted street tree in the grass parking strip between curb and sidewalk on a Sioux Falls residential street

Sioux Falls tree rules

The arborist's license, boulevard trees, permits, clearance and removal orders.

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Tree crew cutting a large broken limb that fell on a house roof after a summer windstorm in Sioux Falls

Storms and trees

The 2013 ice storm, the 2019 tornadoes, the 2022 derechos and the 2026 windstorm.

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Crew feeding storm-downed branches into a chipper on a tree-lined Sioux Falls street after a derecho

Debris and ash wood

Landfill rates, fall drop sites, what the City picks up and the quarantine rules.

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Arborist pruning the lower limbs of a linden to clear the sidewalk and street on a Sioux Falls boulevard

When to prune

Ash, oak, elm and spruce: the months to prune and the months to leave them alone.

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An ash in the yard, or a letter from the City?

Free on-site estimate, a written price, a straight answer on treat-or-remove, work timed around the ash season, and 24/7 storm response across Sioux Falls and the towns around it.

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