Effingham County, Illinois
Tree removal in Effingham, IL
Tree removal in Effingham. The National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports with trees in them near Effingham from 2016 through 2025, the latest on October 18, 2025. About two thirds of the homes in Effingham are detached houses.
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What is particular to Effingham
Storm reports near Effingham
From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near Effingham that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated October 18, 2025; June 18, 2025; and July 5, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.
Source: NOAA Storm Events
Homes and who decides
About 5,200 households live in Effingham. 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 1975.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 4 miles from Effingham, averages 114 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 41 at or below 20°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 6 electric utilities with service territory in Effingham County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and City of Altamont; the county page names the other 4.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Illinois state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Illinois Department of Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Effingham County.
Where Effingham is
Nearby in Effingham County
- Teutopolis 2 storm reports with trees
- Dieterich 3 storm reports with trees
- Altamont 11 storm reports with trees