Neighborhoods we work in every week
Coon Rapids stretches along the Mississippi River, and we’ve worked stump jobs up and down most of it. If your neighborhood isn’t listed, that’s an easy fix — just call and ask.
- Mississippi River bluffs: Riverdale Dr, Coon Rapids Blvd
- Sand Creek: Round Lake Blvd, Sand Creek Rd
- Crooked Lake: Crooked Lake Blvd, Round Lake Blvd
- Riverdale area: Northdale Blvd, Riverdale Dr
- Sand Dunes / Bunker Hills border: Foley Blvd, Bunker Lake Blvd
- Springbrook Nature Center area: 85th Ave NW, Egret Blvd
Trees we grind most in Coon Rapids
Coon Rapids sits right along the Mississippi River, and the bluff and floodplain lots there carry heavy cottonwood growth along with a good stand of bur oak and bottomland hardwoods. Ash was planted widely across the city’s residential neighborhoods through the mid-to-late 20th century and is now under sustained pressure from emerald ash borer. Silver maple and boxelder round out a lot of backyard plantings near the smaller lakes like Crooked Lake. Because river bottomland trees grow fast and large, cottonwood stumps here tend to run bigger in diameter than what we see in other suburbs.
Working the Coon Rapids landscape
The Mississippi River and its bluffs define Coon Rapids more than almost any other feature, and we’ve done plenty of large cottonwood removals on properties overlooking the water near Riverdale. Springbrook Nature Center on the city’s east side preserves a chunk of native oak and wetland habitat, and homes bordering it often have mature oak stumps. Crooked Lake and the smaller lakes scattered through the city add another layer of shoreline stump work, mostly silver maple and willow. Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park ties the river directly into the community, and it’s common for us to see storm-damaged river-bottom trees needing cleanup after big wind events.
Ash borer & disease work in Coon Rapids
Coon Rapids has been actively removing infested ash from boulevards and parks for years, and a lot of private ash from mid-century plantings is reaching the end of its life around the same time. Storm damage is a bigger factor here than in some suburbs, given how much cottonwood and bottomland hardwood grows along the Mississippi — both the 2022 derecho and subsequent straight-line wind events in 2023 took down large river-bottom trees that we’re still occasionally called out to clean up. Oak wilt is a lesser but present concern near Springbrook Nature Center’s oak stands. Between EAB, river-bottom storm damage, and occasional oak wilt, Coon Rapids keeps a fairly active and varied stump-grinding calendar.
Common Coon Rapids stump projects
- Large-diameter cottonwood removal on Mississippi River bluff lots
- Ash boulevard stump grinding in mid-century neighborhoods
- Storm-damage cleanup of river-bottom trees after wind events
- Oak stump removal near Springbrook Nature Center
- Silver maple and willow grinding around Crooked Lake
Text a photo of your stump to 952-388-3327. We’ll text back a fixed quote — usually within an hour on weekdays.