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Timberlane is a small village in northern Boone County, positioned on higher ground away from the Kishwaukee River corridor that concentrates FEMA flood zones in the county’s southern reaches. Widespread flood risk is not the norm here, but any parcel adjacent to a drainage channel or in a low pocket can still be mapped into a Special Flood Hazard Area. A FEMA Elevation Certificate is the surveyor’s record of how a building sits 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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Timberlane is a small community of roughly 906 people in Poplar Grove Township, northern Boone County, set apart from the Kishwaukee River channels where the county’s Special Flood Hazard Areas mostly lie. Because the village occupies comparatively high ground, mapped flood exposure tends to be narrow and parcel-specific rather than general. If a lot does fall within a FEMA flood zone, a licensed surveyor prepares the Elevation Certificate by measuring the lowest floor and site grade against the Base Flood Elevation, which lets an insurer rate the policy correctly and helps the county process a floodplain permit. Should the building prove to sit above the flood level, the certificate can support a Letter of Map Amendment. Property records for the village run through the Boone County Clerk & Recorder in the county seat of Belvidere.
For most of the village, mapped flood risk is limited because Timberlane sits on higher ground in northern Boone County, away from the Kishwaukee River. Individual low-lying or drainage-adjacent parcels can still fall within a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area.
A lender may request one when a property is mapped inside a Special Flood Hazard Area, because the certificate documents the building’s elevation and helps confirm flood-insurance requirements and rating.
An Elevation Certificate reflects conditions at the time of survey. It generally remains usable unless the building is altered or FEMA revises the flood map for the area, at which point a new certificate may be needed.
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