Tree removal in Loves Park, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Loves Park that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 26, 2023; March 31, 2023; and July 20, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 9,970 households live in Loves Park. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about six in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1985.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 11 miles from Loves Park, averages 136 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 61 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 Winnebago County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and Rock Energy Cooperative.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024