Tree removal in Lake in the Hills, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Lake in the Hills that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 26, 2025; July 14, 2024; and August 28, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 9,900 households live in Lake in the Hills. 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 1995.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 7 miles from Lake in the Hills, averages 136 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 59 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 McHenry County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and Rock Energy Cooperative.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024