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Tree service in Aloha, Oregon

Aloha is one of the largest unincorporated communities in Oregon, stretching along both sides of the Tualatin Valley Highway between Beaverton and Hillsboro. Its mail says Beaverton, but it has no city government, and that changes the tree rules.

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Harry Fauver, founder. Updated September 2026.

Where Aloha sits.

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The trees of Aloha

ZIPs 97003, 97006, 97007 and 97078. Unincorporated Washington County, with Beaverton mailing addresses.

It grew piecemeal. There are farmhouses from before the war, ranch homes from the 1960s on deep lots, mobile home parks, and subdivisions from the 1990s filling the gaps. What ties it together is the skyline of tall Douglas-firs, many left over from the farms and woodlots that came before.

Aloha's firs tend to be big and to stand on lots with room around them, which makes more removals straightforward here than in tighter neighborhoods. Flag lots and shared driveways are the complication: the tree, the access and the drop zone often belong to three different owners.

Older streets have no sidewalks or planting strips. Roadside trees grow beside open ditches, and the utility lines run overhead on poles along the road and often along the back lot lines as well. A limb on a line is a call to PGE before it is a call to us.

Some older properties still have a well or a septic system, or a capped one that nobody has mapped. That matters for stump work, because a grinder or an excavator should not go near a tank or a drain field. If you are unsure, the county keeps septic records for many lots.

What we are usually called for in Aloha

Removing large firs with room to work

Where the lot allows, a fir can be felled whole or in a few big pieces, which is quicker than piecing it out. We only do that when the lane is clear by a wide margin. Tree removal.

Roadside and driveway clearance

Raising limbs over roads, shared driveways and delivery access, and cutting back from overhead service lines with PGE's cooperation. Tree trimming and maintenance.

Storm damage on wires and outbuildings

Deep lots hold a lot of trees, along with sheds, shops and fences under them. After wind and ice we clear access first and buildings second. Emergency tree service.

Clearing old stumps from big yards

Several stumps ground in one visit, after the utility locate and after any septic system has been found and flagged. Stump grinding.

Around Aloha

Local landmarks, and what the trees around each one tell you about your own.

Tualatin Valley Highway

The highway and the rail line beside it cut a wide open corridor through Aloha. Properties facing that corridor catch more wind than sheltered streets, and the state and the railroad control the trees on their own rights-of-way.

Around Aloha High School

The streets north of the highway near the school are typical 1960s and 1970s Aloha: single-story homes, wide lots and groups of mature firs. Firs in a group protect each other, so think about the group before removing the one on the windward side.

Jenkins Estate

The historic estate on the lower slope of Cooper Mountain keeps a century-old landscape of native forest and ornamental trees. It shows how large the area's firs, cedars and maples get when nobody tops them.

Butternut Creek

The creek runs through south Aloha in a wooded corridor. Clean Water Services regulates the vegetated corridor along it, and trees inside that strip can't be cleared freely, even on private lots.

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Which tree rules apply in Aloha

Aloha has a Beaverton mailing address and no city government. None of Beaverton's tree rules apply here.

In unincorporated Washington County

No city tree code applies here, even with a Beaverton or Portland mailing address. The county generally leaves trees on a developed home lot to the owner, with two big exceptions: mapped Significant Natural Resource areas, and the vegetated corridors along creeks and wetlands that Clean Water Services regulates. Cutting inside either can need review, even for a dead tree.

Trees along the road are generally the adjoining owner's responsibility, and a county right-of-way permit is needed when planting or removal affects traffic. Many subdivisions add a layer of their own, with covenants and common-area trees that need the homeowners association's approval. For neighbor disagreements over trees, the county points residents to free community mediation.

Specific to Aloha

For most Aloha homeowners, removing a tree from a developed lot needs no permit. The exceptions are lots along Butternut Creek, Beaverton Creek and other mapped corridors, and trees a newer subdivision was required to keep. Roadside work that affects traffic on a county road needs a right-of-way permit, and the highway itself is a state road with its own rules.

The permit checker gives a first answer in two questions, and the permit guide has the detail. We check every tree's status before a job is booked.

Tree services we offer in Aloha

How a job goes

You call or send the form and tell us what the tree is doing. Phone photos help.
We walk the site and write the estimate in plain language.
Permits and the 811 utility locate are sorted out before any saw starts.
On the day, drop zones are protected and anything over a structure is roped down.
We rake, blow and haul, then walk the yard with you before we leave.

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Tree service questions from Aloha

Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Aloha?

Usually not. Aloha is unincorporated, so no city tree code applies, and the county generally leaves trees on a developed home lot to the owner. The exceptions are creek corridors, mapped natural resource areas and trees a subdivision was required to keep.

My address says Beaverton. Why don't Beaverton's tree rules apply?

The post office uses Beaverton for most Aloha addresses, but Aloha is not inside the city limits. Your property tax statement doesn't list the City of Beaverton, and that is what decides it. County rules apply instead.

Can you grind a stump if I have a septic system?

Yes, once we know where it is. The tank, the lines and the drain field have to be located and flagged first, and we keep machines off them. The county has septic records for many properties, which is the place to start.

Who is responsible for a tree along a county road?

Generally the owner of the adjoining property. If the work needs a lane closed or affects traffic, the county requires a right-of-way permit first. Trees along the Tualatin Valley Highway fall under the state, not the county.

Do you give free estimates in Aloha?

Yes. We walk the site, tell you what the tree needs, and put the scope in writing: what is cut, how it comes down, where the wood and chips go and whether the stump is included. Call (503) 386-0199 or send the form on this page.

Request an estimate

Tell us about the tree and we'll call to set up a site walk. For emergency service, skip the form and call.