Tree removal in Hometown, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Hometown that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 10, 2021 and June 9, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,920 households live in Hometown. About one 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 1955. With most homes attached or in apartment buildings, many trees here stand on shared, association or public land, and whoever owns that land arranges the work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Hometown, averages 108 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 42 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