Tree removal in Carbondale, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Carbondale that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated February 9, 2023; July 10, 2021; and June 26, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 9,860 households live in Carbondale. About a third of the homes are detached houses and about a quarter of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1976. With that many rentals, a tree at a rented home usually goes to the landlord or property manager first; the lease generally says who arranges and pays for tree work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Carbondale, averages 103 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 31 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Jackson County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and Egyptian Electric Coop Assn; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024