Tree removal in Staunton, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 5 storm reports near Staunton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 16, 2025; July 20, 2023; and December 1, 2018. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 64 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,000 households live in Staunton. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1950.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 19 miles from Staunton, averages 100 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 33 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 5 electric utilities with service territory in Macoupin County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and Illinois Rural Electric Coop; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024