A cut stump at or above grade with the original root system intact below it. Over time: mushrooms or shelf fungi on the top and sides, bark separating from the wood, the surface going soft and punky, ants or beetles working the interior, and a sunken ring in the lawn as the roots break down. Plus a trip hazard and a mower you keep steering around.
Not urgent
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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.
This is normally a stump grinding job, which around here runs $100 to $700 depending on size and access. Treat that as a range, not a quote — nobody can price it without seeing it.
240 Old North Salem Rd, Danville, IN 46122
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1502 S County Rd 525 W, Danville, IN 46122
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