Tree removal in Kankakee, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Kankakee that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 29, 2022; August 3, 2022; and March 7, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 9,310 households live in Kankakee. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1955. With that many rentals, a tree at a rented home usually goes to the landlord or property manager first; the lease generally says who arranges and pays for tree work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Kankakee, 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