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Elk Grove Village pairs a large residential community with one of the country’s biggest industrial parks, spread across generally flat northwest-suburban ground. Salt Creek and its tributaries drain the area, and the parcels nearest those channels can fall within mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas while much of the village sits clear. A FEMA Elevation Certificate provides the survey-grade elevation figure that ties a specific building to the Base Flood Elevation.
A FEMA Elevation Certificate documents your building’s elevation relative to the Base Flood Elevation on the FEMA flood map. Insurers use it to rate flood policies and communities use it to confirm floodplain compliance; it can also support a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) to remove a structure from a flood zone.
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Elk Grove Village is home to about 32,800 residents across Elk Grove and Schaumburg Townships in northwestern Cook County. Its drainage feeds Salt Creek, a tributary of the Des Plaines River within the system the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) manages. Flood exposure is present but generally limited, concentrated along the Salt Creek corridor and detention areas rather than the village as a whole. For an affected property, whether a home or an industrial building, an Elevation Certificate supplies the elevation data insurers use to rate coverage, the documentation needed for floodplain permits, and the basis for a Letter of Map Amendment.
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No. Flood exposure is generally limited and concentrated along the Salt Creek corridor and detention areas, with most of the village on higher ground.
You may, if the parcel, residential or industrial, lies in or near a mapped Special Flood Hazard Area, or if a lender or insurer requests one.
It documents a building’s elevation relative to the Base Flood Elevation, supporting flood-insurance rating, floodplain-permit compliance, and a LOMA to remove a structure from a flood zone.
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