R&C Tree
8323 E 46th St, Indianapolis, IN 46226
5.072
“R&C Tree And Landscaping has given me a usable yard again. After having been a caregiver for 15 years, I had lost the bulk of my usable yard. The…”
M Wilcher · a year ago · Google
How long can I leave the old stump is still sitting in my yard before it becomes dangerous?
Answered for Lawrence, Marion County.
A stump is a slowly decaying mass of wood, not a hazard. It is not going to fall and it poses no structural threat to a house. What it actually does is occupy the spot you probably want to replant, keep feeding decay fungi already present in the soil, and interfere with mowing. The one forward-looking concern is that some stump-colonizing root-decay fungi, Armillaria among them, can also attack living roots of nearby trees — so a stump acts as a reservoir rather than an inert object. In Lawrence — Oaklandon, Fort Ben and Indian Lake included, that's normally a stump grinding job at $100–$700. Not urgent.
Why this comes up in Lawrence
May 30, 2008: an EF2 at Lawrence caused $29.0 million in damage — the single largest tornado event in the city's record, per NWS Indianapolis's Marion County list. June 29, 2023 derecho: 70 mph measured at Indianapolis International Airport, with widespread large-limb failures across Marion County and multi-day restoration. July 15-16, 2024 derecho: Marion County caught the southern edge with a 58 mph gust at the airport and downed lines in Indianapolis, while the destructive core ran just north — and Lawrence sits in the far northeast corner of the county, nearest that track.
Lawrence's canopy
About 1,700 acres of the former Fort Benjamin Harrison went to Indiana DNR as Fort Harrison State Park (sources differ on the exact acreage transferred), described as one of central Indiana's largest hardwood forests — oak, hickory, beech, walnut and maple, with a one-mile Tree ID Trail off Millennium Grove. Outside the park the picture inverts: a 2026 urban forestry assessment by IU McKinney Climate Fellow Taylor Stout found Lawrence has no tree inventory at all, that most surveyed trees are in good condition but overdue for pruning and re-mulching, and that southern Lawrence around Pendleton Pike and Post Road is the hottest and least-treed area.
Marion County rules
Lawrence does not have a tree ordinance — creating one is among the things the city's in-progress urban forest master plan is looking at. There is no permit required to remove a tree on your own property. The code is also reported to carry Sec. 5-2-1-31, Tree Trimming Requirements Along Right-of-Way, obliging property owners to keep limbs over a street or sidewalk trimmed to a set clearance and letting the Street Commissioner do the work and bill the owner after a 15-day notice — but that section, including the clearance height, could not be verified from a retrievable copy of the code, so confirm it with the city.
The tree lawn in Lawrence
Functionally the homeowner carries it: the city's right-of-way trimming provision places the duty to keep street- and sidewalk-side limbs cleared on the abutting property owner, with the city stepping in and billing only after notice is ignored — though that section text is unverified. What is solid is the structure: Lawrence is an excluded city under Unigov and runs its own Street Department for streets, sidewalks, potholes, streetlights and mowing rather than relying on Indianapolis DPW.
Crews near Lawrence
Sorted by distanceDC Tree Services LLC
Lot 342, 5135 N Post Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46226
5.0127
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Juan Alvaro · a month ago · Google
Williams Tree Service LLC
4015 Villard Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46226
4.8139
“William Tree Service did an outstanding job at my home. They trimmed several old silver maples along with other trees throughout my yard, and the…”
Louis Somlai · 4 months ago · Google
Hoosier Elite Tree Services
9618 Pepperidge Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46235
5.074
“Saw an ad on Instagram and didn’t expect much, but boy was I wrong! I was immediately contacted and put on the schedule at my earliest convenience…”
Cassidy Conn · 2 months ago · Google
Eating Tree Service
4119 N Sheridan Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46226
4.818
“We have used Leo and his crew twice and also recommended him to our neighbors! He did a great job taking down a tree for us and several for my…”
Adina Coomes · 3 years ago · Google
PR Tree Service
4426 Barnor Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46226
4.9135
“This review is for; PR Tree Service in Indianapolis, Indiana. ** ** AMAZING!! They gave me a quote on Saturday, arrived today on the following…”
Celebrating The Day · 3 months ago · Google
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