Tree removal in Hinckley, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Hinckley that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated February 27, 2024; June 20, 2021; and June 11, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 890 households live in Hinckley. About eight in ten homes are detached houses and about seven in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1972.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 8 miles from Hinckley, averages 142 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 62 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 DeKalb County: Commonwealth Edison Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024