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Mettawa is a low-density, open-space village in southeastern Lake County crossed by the Des Plaines River and its tributaries. Parcels along the river fall within FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas where an Elevation Certificate is most valuable.
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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Mettawa has about 533 residents in Vernon Township (also West Deerfield Township), part of Lake County, whose seat is Waukegan. The Des Plaines River crosses the village, so a licensed surveyor’s Elevation Certificate documents a structure’s lowest-floor elevation relative to the Base Flood Elevation. That record enables accurate flood-insurance rating, supports floodplain-development permits, and can back a Letter of Map Amendment. Mettawa records along the Des Plaines River are entered through the Recording Division of the Lake County Clerk’s Office.
The Des Plaines River crosses Mettawa and creates a mapped floodplain, so riverside parcels commonly need an Elevation Certificate for insurance and permitting.
It is the water-surface elevation expected in the 1%-annual-chance flood, which the certificate compares to your building’s floor elevations.
A licensed professional land surveyor performs the measurements and certifies the FEMA form.
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