McDonough County, Illinois
Tree removal in Colchester, IL
Tree removal in Colchester. The National Weather Service logged one storm report with trees in them near Colchester from 2016 through 2025, the latest on June 20, 2021. About nine in ten homes in Colchester are detached houses.
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What is particular to Colchester
Storm reports near Colchester
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Colchester that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated June 20, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 500 households live in Colchester. About nine in ten homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1959.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 14 miles from Colchester, averages 134 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 59 at or below 20°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 6 electric utilities with service territory in McDonough County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and Adams Electric Coop; the county page names the other 4.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Illinois state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Illinois Department of Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: McDonough County.