Tree removal in Murphysboro, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 13 storm reports near Murphysboro that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 16, 2024; July 29, 2023; and July 1, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 3,390 households live in Murphysboro. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1963. With that many rentals, a tree at a rented home usually goes to the landlord or property manager first; the lease generally says who arranges and pays for tree work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 5 miles from Murphysboro, averages 95 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 26 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Jackson County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and Egyptian Electric Coop Assn; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024