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Ashkum sits in western Iroquois County on the prairie farmland, set away from the Iroquois River that drives flooding on the county’s eastern side. Its flood exposure is generally modest and connected to local drainage. Where a parcel falls within a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, an Elevation Certificate documents the building’s height 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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The village of Ashkum, with roughly 750 residents in Ashkum Township, occupies western Iroquois County farmland rather than the Iroquois River bottomland, so its flood concerns focus on smaller drainageways. 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 Ashkum parcels are recorded through the Iroquois County Recorder of Deeds in Watseka. On level western-county farmland, Ashkum rarely encounters mapped flood areas outside a drainage line.
Ashkum sits in western Iroquois County away from the Iroquois River, so its flood exposure is generally limited to local drainage.
It is the area FEMA maps as having at least a one-percent annual chance of flooding, where the certificate’s elevation data becomes most relevant.
Yes, if a parcel is mapped in a Special Flood Hazard Area, a lender may require one to determine whether flood insurance is mandatory and how it is priced.
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