Tree removal in Forest Park, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Forest Park, IL that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 16, 2024 and July 15, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 7,040 households live in Forest Park, IL. About three in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1949. With most homes attached or in apartment buildings, many trees here stand on shared, association or public land, and whoever owns that land arranges the work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 7 miles from Forest Park, IL, averages 106 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 41 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