How much does it cost to remove a black walnut?
Removing a black walnut around Indianapolis typically runs $400 to $1,900, with most jobs near $720. This is the most common removal request that has nothing to do with safety — it is about nuts, stains, and the plants that will not grow under it. Juglone in the roots, hulls, and buds kills or stunts tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, rhododendron, blueberry, and peony, and Purdue puts the typical toxic zone at 50 to 60 ft from a mature tree, with occasional injury out to 80 ft.
Mature size, and the bracket it puts you in
Roughly 50 to 75 ft tall with a 30 to 50 ft spread at maturity, making it a large tree but rarely the tallest on a lot, and generally a mid-to-upper cost bracket removal. Straight-stemmed yard walnuts can carry real sawlog value, so it is worth asking whether the homeowner wants the log sold or milled before the trunk gets bucked into 16-inch rounds.
Condition changes the price
One of the more ice-resistant hardwoods on this list and rated resistant in the standard urban ice-susceptibility tables — its coarse branching simply catches less ice per unit of wood than a fine-twigged tree. Failures in central Indiana tend to be a single heavy lateral over a roof, or old topping wounds finally letting go, rather than the wholesale crown shedding you see on cherry or cottonwood.
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