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The 1850s Gothic Revival Ramirez House on Fifth Street in Marysville, California, between tall palms and young street trees

Tree service in Marysville, CA

Old Marysville lots grow big shade trees, and the ones along the street need a city permit before anyone cuts. Send a request about tree service in Marysville to reach a licensed local tree company, and get the price in writing before any work starts.

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Local tree jobs

The most common tree jobs in Marysville

Big old trees, city street trees, and a levee next door make for a few jobs that come up again and again. Here's what to expect with each one.

  • Big trees on older lots

    Older lots often have one big tree close to the house. The tree company takes it down in pieces, lowered by rope.

    Tree removal

  • A street tree in the way

    A planting-strip tree belongs to the city, so check with Public Works first. The tree company can explain the permit.

    Tree trimming and pruning

  • Trees close to the levee

    Work within 10 feet of the levee's land-side toe needs a state flood board permit, so ask before anyone cuts.

    Tree removal

  • Limbs down after a storm

    When wind drops a limb on your roof or fence, the tree company cuts it free. Branches go in the green Recology cart.

    Emergency tree removal
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About Marysville

Tree service in Marysville, behind the levee

Marysville sits inside a ring levee where the Yuba River meets the Feather. The old downtown and the streets around Ellis Lake are lined with big, older shade trees, and many of them grow right over the houses beside them.

  • A town ringed by its levee

    Built after the floods of the 1860s, the ring levee still faces the Feather River, the Yuba River, and Jack Slough.

  • Older trees on older lots

    Many downtown homes date to the 1850s, and the trees beside them have had decades to grow over roofs and streets.

  • The February 2024 wind storm

    The next day, 14,469 Yuba County homes still had no power, and every Marysville Joint Unified school was closed.

County seat
Yuba County
Residents (2020 Census)
12,844
Incorporated
1851
ZIP code
95901

Before anyone cuts

Tree permits and street tree rules in Marysville

A tree in your yard is yours to look after, but one in the street, the planting strip, or a planting easement belongs to the city. Here's what Marysville asks of you, and when to bring in a tree company.

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What the local rules say

  • You need a written permit from Public Works before anyone cuts, trims, or removes a tree in the street or planting strip.

  • If a street tree has to come out, you replace it with a type and size the city approves.

  • The city plants and looks after planting-strip trees as its budget allows. Watering them is up to you.

  • Topping a street tree isn't allowed.

  • If roots lift your sidewalk, the fix has to save the tree and be one the city approves.

  • If the city says a limb over the street is a hazard, you have 10 days from its written notice to fix it.

Source: Marysville Municipal Code, chapter 11.16 (opens in a new tab)

When to call a tree company

  • The tree is in your own yard and too tall to work on from the ground.

  • You have a city permit for a street tree. Only a licensed contractor may do the work, so ask the tree company about both.

  • The city has sent a notice about a limb over the street, and the 10 days are running.

  • A storm has dropped a tree or a big limb on your house, fence, or car.

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Get a written quote in Marysville

Tell us about the tree and what's near it, like the house, the street, or a power line, and leave your number. A licensed local tree company gets in touch to look at it and puts the price in writing.

  • A look before a price

    No guessing over the phone

  • A written price first

    Before any work is booked

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Ellis Lake in Marysville on a clear day, with mature trees along the far shore

Photo: Mchavez / Public domain

Common questions

Marysville tree service questions

For a tree in the street, the planting strip, or a planting easement, yes. Marysville's city code needs a written permit from Public Works before it comes out, and you replace it. For a tree in your own yard, the tree company can tell you what applies.

If you ask the city to trim a planting-strip tree, it charges a fee unless the tree is diseased, dangerous, or dead. The city plants and looks after those trees as its budget allows, and watering them is up to you.

The city expects you to fix the sidewalk or curb without removing or harming the tree, using a repair it approves. Talk to Public Works before anyone cuts roots, since cutting the wrong ones can kill the tree or leave it unsafe.

No. Palms, pines, poplars, eucalyptus, mulberry, black walnut, and acacia can't be planted where they line or hang over a street. Ask Public Works which trees it approves for the planting strip in front of your house.

No. Linda is a Yuba County community that shares the 95901 ZIP code with Marysville, so Marysville's city tree rules don't apply there. If your address says Marysville but you're outside city limits, Yuba County's rules apply instead.