Tree removal in Urbana, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 13 storm reports near Urbana that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 15, 2024; June 13, 2024; and April 18, 2024. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 16,430 households live in Urbana. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about a third of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1979. With that many rentals, a tree at a rented home usually goes to the landlord or property manager first; the lease generally says who arranges and pays for tree work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Urbana, averages 120 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 4 electric utilities with service territory in Champaign County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and Corn Belt Energy Corporation; the county page names the other 2.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024