Tree removal in Fox Lake, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Fox Lake that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 11, 2021 and October 6, 2016. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 5,140 households live in Fox Lake. About half 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 1977.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 6 miles from Fox Lake, averages 133 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 60 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 Lake County: Commonwealth Edison Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024