Tree removal in Herscher, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Herscher that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 10, 2020 and July 13, 2016. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 500 households live in Herscher. About eight 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 1969.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 13 miles from Herscher, averages 129 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 54 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 Kankakee County: Commonwealth Edison Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024