Tree removal in Burnham, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Burnham that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated July 15, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,480 households live in Burnham. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about six in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1970.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 12 miles from Burnham, averages 126 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 53 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 Cook County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and Village of Winnetka.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024