Tree removal in Machesney Park, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Machesney Park that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 22, 2024; July 26, 2023; and March 5, 2022. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 8,570 households live in Machesney Park. About nine in ten homes are detached houses and about eight in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1977.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 9 miles from Machesney Park, averages 142 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 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