Tree removal in Lake Zurich, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Lake Zurich that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated August 27, 2024 and July 29, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 60 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 7,330 households live in Lake Zurich. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about eight in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1984.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 4 miles from Lake Zurich, averages 140 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 67 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 Lake County: Commonwealth Edison Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024