Tree removal in Streator, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 10 storm reports near Streator that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated March 19, 2025; July 15, 2024; and June 13, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 5,660 households live in Streator. About three quarters 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 1954.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Streator, averages 118 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 46 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 LaSalle County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and Commonwealth Edison Co; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024