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Kirkland is a village in northwestern DeKalb County, in Franklin Township, positioned on upland farmland well away from the Kishwaukee River corridor that concentrates the county’s FEMA flood mapping. Broad flood exposure is not typical, though individual low-lying or creek-side lots can still fall within a Special Flood Hazard Area. A FEMA Elevation Certificate documents a building’s height relative 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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Kirkland is a small community of roughly 1,650 people in Franklin Township, in the northwestern corner of DeKalb County. Its distance from the county’s main Kishwaukee River channels means mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas are limited here and generally tied to specific creeks or low ground. For any parcel that does fall inside a FEMA flood zone, a licensed surveyor completes the Elevation Certificate by measuring the lowest-floor and grade elevations against the Base Flood Elevation, giving an insurer the data to rate coverage and the county the information for floodplain permitting. Where a building is above the flood level, that certificate can support a Letter of Map Amendment. Recording for the county is handled by the DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder in the seat at Sycamore.
Not broadly. Kirkland sits on upland ground in northwestern DeKalb County, away from the Kishwaukee River, so mapped flood risk is generally confined to particular low-lying or creek-adjacent parcels.
Only a licensed professional land surveyor (or in some cases an engineer or architect authorized by state law) may certify the elevations on the FEMA Elevation Certificate form.
Yes. A licensed Illinois land surveyor can measure the required elevations at a Kirkland property and complete the official FEMA Elevation Certificate for insurance, permitting, or a map-amendment request.
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