Tree removal in Taylorville, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 10 storm reports near Taylorville that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 29, 2023; March 31, 2023; and August 12, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 4,850 households live in Taylorville. 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 1967.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 13 miles from Taylorville, averages 122 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 45 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 3 electric utilities with service territory in Christian County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and Rural Electric Conven Coop; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024