Tree removal in Marion, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near Marion that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 29, 2023; July 2, 2023; and April 5, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 7,980 households live in Marion. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about six in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1979.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 12 miles from Marion, averages 103 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 31 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Williamson County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and Egyptian Electric Coop Assn; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024