Lake County, Illinois
Tree removal in Lake Forest, IL
Tree removal in Lake Forest. Lake County logged 99 thunderstorm wind reports that mention trees from 2016 through 2025. About three quarters of the homes in Lake Forest are detached houses.
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What is particular to Lake Forest
Homes and who decides
About 6,870 households live in Lake Forest. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about nine in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1977.
Source: Census ACS 2019–2023
Freezing nights
The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 8 miles from Lake Forest, averages 128 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 54 at or below 20°F.
Source: NOAA Climate Normals
If a tree is on a line
Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists one electric utility with service territory in Lake County: Commonwealth Edison Co.
Source: EIA-861, 2024
Tree down, or about to come down?
Before work starts
We did not find a Illinois state license for tree work, so ask any company for proof of liability insurance and workers’ compensation.
Insurance complaints go to the Illinois Department of Insurance.
Storm records, FEMA ratings and electric utilities for the whole county: Lake County.
Where Lake Forest is
Nearby in Lake County
- Highwood 2 storm reports with trees
- Bannockburn 1 storm report with trees
- Lake Bluff 1 storm report with trees
- Knollwood
- Lincolnshire
- Highland Park 1 storm report with trees
- Riverwoods
- Deerfield 2 storm reports with trees
- Green Oaks
- Vernon Hills 4 storm reports with trees
- North Chicago
- Libertyville 5 storm reports with trees