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Capron is a small village in the northeastern corner of Boone County, well removed from the Kishwaukee River channels that drive FEMA floodplain mapping farther south in the county. Genuine flood exposure across the village is modest, though a given lot near a stream or low-lying drainage can still fall inside a Special Flood Hazard Area. In those cases a FEMA Elevation Certificate establishes the building’s elevation against 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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Capron has a population of about 1,395 and sits in Boone Township in the northeast of Boone County, an upland setting distant from the Kishwaukee River corridor where the county’s flood zones are largely concentrated. Because of that geography, mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas are limited and typically tied to specific creeks or low ground rather than the village as a whole. When a parcel does land inside a FEMA flood zone, a licensed surveyor completes the Elevation Certificate by shooting the lowest-floor and grade elevations and comparing them to the Base Flood Elevation, so an insurer can rate the policy and the county can review a floodplain permit. That documented elevation can also support a Letter of Map Amendment if the structure is above the flood level. Recording for the county takes place at the Boone County Clerk & Recorder in Belvidere.
Not extensively. Capron sits in upland northeastern Boone County away from the Kishwaukee River, so FEMA flood mapping here is limited and usually confined to particular creek or low-lying parcels.
The Base Flood Elevation is the height floodwaters are expected to reach in a one-percent-annual-chance flood. The Elevation Certificate reports your building’s floor elevation against that number, which is what drives insurance rating and permit decisions.
Yes. A licensed Illinois land surveyor measures the required elevations at your Capron parcel and completes the official FEMA Elevation Certificate form used for insurance, permitting, and any map-amendment request.
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