Tree removal in Durand, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Durand that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 15, 2024; July 4, 2022; and July 13, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 550 households live in Durand. About three quarters 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 1975.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 13 miles from Durand, averages 151 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 74 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 Winnebago County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and Rock Energy Cooperative.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024