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A small industrial village wedged along the Des Plaines River and the Sanitary and Ship Canal, Bedford Park has genuine flood exposure on its low-lying western and southern edges. The heavy concentration of warehouses, rail, and truck terminals here often sits close to mapped floodplain, where a FEMA Elevation Certificate becomes essential. That certificate ties a building’s measured elevation to the Base Flood Elevation for insurance rating and permitting.
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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Bedford Park is a tiny community of around 600 residents in Stickney and Lyons Townships, occupying a heavily industrial slice of southwestern Cook County. It sits within the Des Plaines River corridor near the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, part of the drainage system managed by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD). Flood exposure is notable along the river and canal, so many of the village’s industrial parcels fall in or near the Special Flood Hazard Area. An Elevation Certificate documents how a specific building sits against the Base Flood Elevation, which insurers use to rate coverage, the village uses for floodplain-permit compliance, and owners use to support a Letter of Map Amendment when the structure sits above the flood.
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Much of Bedford Park sits near the Des Plaines River and Sanitary and Ship Canal, so buildings in or beside those mapped flood zones frequently need a certificate for insurance and permitting.
It records a building’s elevation compared to the Base Flood Elevation on the FEMA flood map, the core data used for flood-insurance rating, permit compliance, and LOMA requests.
It can. If the certificate shows the lowest floor above the Base Flood Elevation, insurers can price the policy on that verified elevation rather than on worst-case assumptions.
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