Tree removal in Bull Valley, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Bull Valley that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated August 10, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 450 households live in Bull Valley. Almost all the homes are detached houses and about nine in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1980.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 5 miles from Bull Valley, averages 136 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 59 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