Tree removal in Franklin Park, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Franklin Park that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 15, 2025; June 13, 2022; and June 26, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 5,900 households live in Franklin Park. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1956.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 5 miles from Franklin Park, 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