Tree removal in Carol Stream, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Carol Stream that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 22, 2024; June 13, 2024; and July 12, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 14,310 households live in Carol Stream. About half the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the 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 6 miles from Carol Stream, averages 134 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 60 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 DuPage County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and City of Naperville; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024