Tree removal in Cortland, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Cortland that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 14, 2024 and August 28, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 85 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,580 households live in Cortland. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1996.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 4 miles from Cortland, averages 141 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 64 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 one electric utility with service territory in DeKalb County: Commonwealth Edison Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024