Tree removal in Grayslake, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Grayslake that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 11, 2021; August 10, 2020; and July 9, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 7,940 households live in Grayslake. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1994.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 6 miles from Grayslake, averages 140 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 67 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