Tree removal in River Forest, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 3 storm reports near River Forest that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated April 4, 2023; July 19, 2020; and June 9, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 4,280 households live in River Forest. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about nine in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1945.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 8 miles from River Forest, averages 106 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 41 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 Cook County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and Village of Winnetka.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024