Tree removal in Thornton, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 2 storm reports near Thornton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 15, 2024 and July 28, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 81 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 790 households live in Thornton. About nine in ten homes are detached houses and about eight in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1957.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 6 miles from Thornton, averages 126 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 53 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