Tree removal in Big Rock, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Big Rock that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 15, 2024; February 27, 2024; 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 420 households live in Big Rock. Almost all the homes are detached houses and almost all 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 2 miles from Big Rock, averages 142 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 62 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Kane County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and City of Batavia; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024