Tree removal in Homewood, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Homewood that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated September 21, 2025; July 28, 2023; and August 11, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 7,040 households live in Homewood. About eight in ten homes are detached houses and about eight in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1962.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 5 miles from Homewood, averages 126 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 53 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