Tree removal in Rock Falls, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Rock Falls that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated November 5, 2022 and May 17, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 64 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 3,910 households live in Rock Falls. About three quarters 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 1959.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 10 miles from Rock Falls, averages 138 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 62 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 Whiteside County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and City of Albany; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024