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Zion sits at the northeastern corner of Lake County along Lake Michigan, drained by the Kellogg Creek and Bull Creek systems toward the lake and inland waterways. Low-lying parcels along those channels can fall within FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas where an Elevation Certificate is relevant.
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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Zion is home to roughly 24,655 residents in Zion Township (also Benton Township), part of Lake County, seated at Waukegan. Local creeks and the Lake Michigan shoreline create mapped floodplain, and a surveyor’s Elevation Certificate ties a building’s lowest-floor elevation to the Base Flood Elevation. Owners use it to rate flood insurance, comply with floodplain-development permits, and support a Letter of Map Amendment. Zion survey documents along the lakefront are recorded through the Recording Division of the Lake County Clerk’s Office.
Along Zion’s creeks and near the Lake Michigan shoreline, where mapped flood hazard areas follow the low ground, is where an Elevation Certificate is most often needed.
It is a surveyor-completed FEMA form documenting a building’s elevation relative to the Base Flood Elevation for insurance and floodplain purposes.
When it shows the structure is at or above the Base Flood Elevation, it can support a lower flood-insurance rate.
Pi Surveying provides the full range of land surveying services for Zion property owners and builders:
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