Tree removal in Des Plaines, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 13 storm reports near Des Plaines that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 16, 2025; August 27, 2024; and August 29, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 22,580 households live in Des Plaines. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about eight in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1966.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Des Plaines, averages 121 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 50 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 2 electric utilities with service territory in Cook County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and Village of Winnetka.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024