Tree removal in West Chicago, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 9 storm reports near West Chicago that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 14, 2024; June 22, 2024; and July 14, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 7,440 households live in West Chicago. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about three quarters of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1980.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from West Chicago, averages 134 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 60 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 DuPage County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and City of Naperville; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024