Tree removal in Byron, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Byron that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 15, 2024; August 24, 2021; and November 10, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,470 households live in Byron. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about seven in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1984.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 10 miles from Byron, 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 Ogle County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and Rochelle Municipal Utilities.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024