Tree removal in Belvidere, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 17 storm reports near Belvidere that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 16, 2025; June 3, 2025; and July 28, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 9,600 households live in Belvidere. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1972.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 12 miles from Belvidere, averages 136 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 61 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 Boone County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and Rock Energy Cooperative.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024