How much does it cost to remove an eastern cottonwood?
Removing an eastern cottonwood around Indianapolis typically runs $400 to $1,900, with most jobs near $720. The other removal-first tree on this list, and the one most often standing over a house it was never meant to be near. It is the fastest-growing native tree in North America — 4 to 5 ft of height per year, sometimes more, for the first 25 to 30 years — so the little volunteer in a wet back corner is a 60-ft liability within about 15 years.
Mature size, and the bracket it puts you in
Typically 70 to 100 ft tall, with 4 to 6 ft trunk diameters on good sites, and a practical yard lifespan of only about 70 to 100 years — short for something that large. Enormous mass reached quickly, often with decay already inside, puts mature cottonwood removals firmly in the crane and technical-rigging bracket and near the top of the price range for anything in a central-Indiana yard.
Condition changes the price
Listed as susceptible in the urban ice-storm tables and cited across multiple studies as one of the highest-risk genera, because very fast growth produces low-density brittle wood. Under ice or a summer straight-line wind it sheds limbs of a size that goes through a roof rather than just denting it, and that single fact is the reason most cottonwood quotes get written at all.
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