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Licensed Illinois land surveyors delivering sealed plats of survey for closings, fences, permits and boundary questions across Elgin and Kane County.
Licensed Illinois land surveyors · Sealed plats for closings, permits & boundary disputes
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Elgin is a major Fox River city in northern Kane County, blending a historic industrial and residential core with substantial modern growth on its western edge. That mix makes plats of survey useful for both older lots and newer subdivision parcels. The river running through the city keeps floodplain location relevant to many local surveys.
A plat of survey is a drawing, signed and sealed by a licensed Illinois land surveyor, that locates the corners and boundary lines of your lot and depicts the buildings, driveways, fences and recorded easements on the property. It is the document lenders, title companies and municipal permit desks rely on.
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Elgin has a population of roughly 115,000 and sits within Hanover Township, with the city extending across the Kane County line into Cook County to the east. For the Kane-County portion, plats and deeds are recorded with the Kane County Recorder in Geneva, downriver along the Fox. Because the Fox River flows through Elgin, riverfront and low-lying parcels commonly fall within FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas. With historic neighborhoods alongside expanding subdivisions, plats of survey here support closings, fence and addition permits, and boundary work on both old and new lots.
Yes. Elgin is centered in Kane County but extends into Cook County, so a parcel’s plats may be recorded with the Kane County Recorder in Geneva or Cook County’s recordings office depending on location.
The Fox River runs through Elgin, so riverfront and low-lying lots can sit within FEMA flood hazard areas a survey helps identify relative to your boundaries.
Elgin’s historic neighborhoods include older platted lots where a current plat of survey helps reconcile past descriptions with the property as it stands today.
Beyond a plat of survey, Pi Surveying provides the full range of land surveying services for Elgin property owners and builders:
We also prepare sealed plats of survey across nearby Kane County communities:
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Pi Surveying, located in Oak Brook, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, is a professional land surveying design firm that provides land surveys for both the private and commercial sector.