Tree removal in Peoria, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 6 storm reports near Peoria that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 20, 2025; June 25, 2024; and July 11, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 48,950 households live in Peoria. 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 1966.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 7 miles from Peoria, averages 118 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 48 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 Peoria County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and Spoon River Electric Coop, Inc.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024