Tree removal in DeKalb, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 12 storm reports near DeKalb that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 16, 2025; May 15, 2025; and July 14, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 74 mph, measured.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 16,020 households live in DeKalb. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1977. 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 DeKalb, 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