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Lee is a very small village in far southwestern DeKalb County, in Alto Township, on level farmland well removed from the county’s Kishwaukee River channels and shared with neighboring Lee County. Flood exposure across the community is minimal, though a low-lying or drainage-adjacent lot can still touch a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. A FEMA Elevation Certificate records a 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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Lee is one of DeKalb County’s smallest communities, with a population near 313 in Alto Township at the county’s southwestern edge, an area shared with Lee County. Its distance from any major river channel means mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas are largely absent and flood exposure is generally confined to isolated low ground. For any parcel that does fall inside a FEMA flood zone, a licensed surveyor prepares the Elevation Certificate by measuring the lowest floor and grade against the Base Flood Elevation, giving insurers the basis to rate coverage and the county the data for floodplain permit review. A building documented above the flood level can use the certificate to support a Letter of Map Amendment. For the DeKalb County portion, records are handled by the DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder in Sycamore.
Very few. Lee sits on level farmland away from major river channels, so mapped FEMA flood risk is minimal and limited to isolated low-lying parcels.
For the DeKalb County portion of the village, records go to the DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder in Sycamore; any parcel within Lee County is recorded there instead.
It is a surveyor-completed FEMA form that documents a building’s elevation against the Base Flood Elevation, used to rate or lower flood insurance, confirm floodplain-permit compliance, and support a Letter of Map Amendment.
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