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Buckingham is a small village in western Kankakee County, set on the prairie farmland away from the Kankakee River. Its flood exposure is generally modest and tied to local drainage rather than a major river. 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 Buckingham, with roughly 244 residents in Norton Township, occupies higher western Kankakee County farmland rather than a riverbank, 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 also support a Letter of Map Amendment. Deeds for Buckingham parcels are recorded by the Kankakee County Recorder of Deeds at the county seat in Kankakee. Set on flat western-county prairie, Buckingham rarely encounters mapped flood zones outside a drainage line.
Buckingham sits on prairie farmland in western Kankakee County away from the Kankakee River, so its flood exposure is generally limited.
It also records the property’s flood zone, the Base Flood Elevation, and the FEMA map panel that applies, alongside the surveyed building elevations.
Yes, where a creek or drainageway crosses a parcel, it can be mapped into a Special Flood Hazard Area, which is when the certificate becomes relevant.
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