Tree removal in Collinsville, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near Collinsville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 26, 2018; May 14, 2018; and February 28, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 64 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 11,110 households live in Collinsville. About two thirds of 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 1970.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 11 miles from Collinsville, averages 98 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 29 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 5 electric utilities with service territory in Madison County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and City of Highland; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024