Tree removal in Vernon Hills, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Vernon Hills that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 15, 2025; March 14, 2025; and September 7, 2021. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 63 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 10,780 households live in Vernon Hills. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1990.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 6 miles from Vernon Hills, averages 140 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 67 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 one electric utility with service territory in Lake County: Commonwealth Edison Co.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024