Tree removal in Candlewick Lake, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Candlewick Lake that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 11, 2023; July 28, 2023; and April 30, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,550 households live in Candlewick Lake. 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 1995.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 13 miles from Candlewick Lake, averages 142 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 67 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 Boone County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and Rock Energy Cooperative.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024