Tree removal in Trenton, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Trenton that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated April 15, 2023; April 5, 2023; and September 4, 2017. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 1,150 households live in Trenton. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about seven in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1972.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 11 miles from Trenton, averages 93 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 27 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 7 electric utilities with service territory in Clinton County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and City of Breese; the county page names the other 5.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024