Tree removal in Algonquin, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 14 storm reports near Algonquin that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 16, 2025; August 6, 2024; and July 15, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 10,910 households live in Algonquin. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about nine in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1994.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 7 miles from Algonquin, averages 139 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 63 at or below 20°F.

Ice, snow and broken limbs

Source: NOAA Climate Normals

Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 2 electric utilities with service territory in McHenry County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and Rock Energy Cooperative.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024