Tree removal in Buffalo Grove, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Buffalo Grove that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 10, 2021; August 10, 2020; and July 12, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 16,070 households live in Buffalo Grove. About half the homes are detached houses and about eight in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1982.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 4 miles from Buffalo Grove, averages 122 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 50 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 one electric utility with service territory in Lake County: Commonwealth Edison Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024