Tree removal in Wilmington, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Wilmington that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated May 15, 2025; August 29, 2022; and June 30, 2019. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,270 households live in Wilmington. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1973.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 8 miles from Wilmington, averages 127 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 Will County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and City of Naperville.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024