Tree removal in Milan, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Milan that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 2, 2024; April 16, 2024; and April 4, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,470 households live in Milan. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1968.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Milan, averages 129 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 57 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 Rock Island County: MidAmerican Energy Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024