Tree removal in Ilchester, MD

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Ilchester that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 27, 2022 and August 12, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 9,830 households live in Ilchester. About half the homes are detached houses and about eight in ten 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 5 miles from Ilchester, averages 93 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 21 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 Howard County, among them Baltimore Gas & Electric Co and The Potomac Edison Company.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024