Tree Removal in Aurora, IL

Tree Removal in Aurora means working in very different neighborhoods on each side of the Fox River. Aurora is the second-largest city in Illinois, with 180,542 people at the 2020 census, and it spreads across Kane, DuPage, Kendall and Will counties. The West Side and East Side hold some of the oldest housing in the Fox Valley, while the Far East Side toward Fox Valley Mall is mostly newer tract homes. A dying silver maple behind a Victorian on the Near East Side is a very different job from a 25-year-old ash on a cul-de-sac off Route 59, and we price them that way.

Historic districts, close quarters

Aurora designated its first local historic district, the Near Eastside, in 1981. The Tanner district followed in 1998, and there are others around Stolp Island, Palace Street and Downer Place. On the West Side, New York Street is known for its concentration of Sears catalog homes. In these blocks the houses are close together, the trees are often older than the houses, and drop space is measured in feet. Most removals there are done by climbing and roping limbs down section by section, sometimes with a crane when the trunk leans over a roof and there is no safe place to fell it.

Rain the city does not forget

On July 17-18, 1996, Aurora recorded 16.94 inches of rain in 24 hours, still the Illinois state record. Storms like that soak the clay soils of the Fox Valley, and trees with shallow or damaged roots can go over without much wind. Riverbank trees take it worst, since the bank itself may be eroding under them. If a tree near the river or a drainage swale has started to lean, or the soil has cracked on one side, treat it as urgent.

Hail and wind off the same storms

The August 1990 supercell that produced the Plainfield tornado passed over Aurora first, dropping golf ball-sized hail before the tornado touched down near Oswego. Big hail and straight-line wind shred leaves and bark and open wounds where decay can start. Years later, those trees may show hollow sections or dead leaders that make removal the safer choice.

Typical Aurora removal requests

• Large silver maples and cottonwoods behind older homes, with limbs over garages
• Ash trees killed by emerald ash borer that have turned brittle
• Trees split or uprooted in summer thunderstorms
• Overgrown evergreens crowding driveways in east-side subdivisions
• Stumps left by earlier removals that need grinding before a fence or patio goes in

Ash trees that waited too long

Emerald ash borer larvae feed under the bark in long winding galleries that cut off water and nutrients, and once an area is infested most untreated ash die within about ten years. A dead ash dries out and snaps unpredictably, which makes climbing it riskier the longer it stands. If you have an ash that dropped its leaves early or never leafed out, schedule the removal sooner rather than later.

Getting a price

Call (630) 864-5605 or send the form. Tell us which side of the river you are on and roughly where the tree sits; we will come out and give you a written estimate. Get a free estimate