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Sheldon sits in eastern Iroquois County near the Indiana line, on the prairie in the Iroquois River watershed. Low ground along local creeks can fall within a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, though the village itself lies away from the main river. An Elevation Certificate documents the building’s height against the Base Flood Elevation for insurance and permit needs.
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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The village of Sheldon, with about 965 residents in Sheldon Township, occupies eastern Iroquois County prairie in the Iroquois River watershed, where local creeks rather than the main river shape the mapped floodplain. When a parcel is mapped into a Special Flood Hazard Area, a FEMA Elevation Certificate from a licensed Illinois surveyor records the lowest floor against the Base Flood Elevation, which insurers use for rating and the floodplain administrator uses for permit review. A certificate showing the structure above the Base Flood Elevation can support a Letter of Map Amendment. Deeds for Sheldon parcels are recorded through the Iroquois County Recorder of Deeds in Watseka. Away from its creek margins near the state line, most Sheldon parcels sit clear of mapped flood areas.
Sheldon sits in eastern Iroquois County within the Iroquois River watershed, though away from the main river, so its flood exposure is generally tied to local creeks.
In Illinois it must be completed and certified by a licensed Professional Land Surveyor or another professional authorized to determine elevations.
That comparison determines flood insurance pricing, permit compliance, and whether the building qualifies for a map amendment removing it from the mapped zone.
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