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Sandwich straddles the southern edge of DeKalb County near where the Kishwaukee-area drainage gives way to the Fox River basin, and portions of the community extend into Kendall and LaSalle counties. Low-lying parcels along creeks and drainage channels can be mapped into a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. A FEMA Elevation Certificate records how a building sits against the Base Flood Elevation for insurance and permitting.
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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Sandwich is a city of about 7,221 people, primarily in Sandwich Township in southern DeKalb County, with parts of the community reaching into Kendall and LaSalle counties. Its position away from a single dominant river channel means mapped flood zones tend to follow specific creeks and low ground rather than a broad river corridor. Where a parcel falls inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, a licensed surveyor prepares the Elevation Certificate by measuring the lowest floor and grade against the Base Flood Elevation, allowing insurers to rate the policy and the governing county to process a floodplain permit. If the building sits above the flood level, that certificate can support a Letter of Map Amendment. For the DeKalb County portion, documents are recorded with the DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder in Sycamore.
It depends on which county your parcel is in. For the DeKalb County portion of Sandwich, survey documents are recorded through the DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder in Sycamore; parcels in Kendall or LaSalle are recorded in those counties.
Flood risk in Sandwich is generally tied to specific creeks and low-lying ground rather than a large river corridor, so mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas are limited to particular parcels.
It documents the surveyed elevation of the home’s lowest floor and grade against the Base Flood Elevation, which is used to rate flood insurance, confirm permit compliance, and support any map-amendment request.
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