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Carbon Hill is a small village in southern Grundy County, in Braceville Township, set on level former coal-country ground away from the Illinois River corridor to the north. Broad flood exposure is uncommon, though isolated low-lying or drainage-adjacent parcels can still be mapped into a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. A FEMA Elevation Certificate documents 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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Carbon Hill is a small community in Braceville Township, in southern Grundy County, in an area historically shaped by coal mining. Its position away from the Illinois River corridor means mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas here are limited and generally tied to specific low ground or drainage rather than a river floodplain. For a parcel that does fall inside a FEMA flood zone, a licensed surveyor completes 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. Where a building is above the flood level, the certificate can support a Letter of Map Amendment. Grundy County recording for Carbon Hill is handled by the Grundy County Recorder’s Office in the seat at Morris.
Only limited ones. Carbon Hill sits away from the Illinois River in southern Grundy County, so mapped flood risk is generally confined to isolated low-lying or drainage-adjacent parcels.
It contains the building’s location, its FEMA flood zone, and surveyed elevations of the lowest floor, mechanical equipment, and grade compared against the Base Flood Elevation.
Grundy County documents, including Elevation Certificates and plats, are recorded through the Grundy County Recorder’s Office in the county seat of Morris.
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