Tree removal in Charleston, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 12 storm reports near Charleston that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 12, 2025; August 25, 2023; and June 29, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 7,350 households live in Charleston. About half the homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1978. 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 1 mile from Charleston, averages 105 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 38 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 Coles County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and Coles-Moultrie Electric Coop; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024