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Buffalo Grove lies in the Des Plaines River watershed, drained by Buffalo Creek and nearby tributaries. Flood exposure concentrates along those channels, marking where an Elevation Certificate is most applicable within the village.
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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Buffalo Grove has about 43,212 residents in Vernon Township (also Ela Township, with the village extending into Cook County), part of Lake County, whose seat is Waukegan. Where Buffalo Creek and Des Plaines River tributaries create mapped floodplain, a licensed surveyor’s Elevation Certificate documents a structure’s lowest-floor elevation relative to the Base Flood Elevation. That record enables accurate flood-insurance rating, supports floodplain-development permits, and can back a Letter of Map Amendment. Documents for the Lake County portion of Buffalo Grove are recorded through the Recording Division of the Lake County Clerk’s Office.
Parcels near Buffalo Creek and other Des Plaines River tributaries, where mapped flood hazard areas run along the channels, are the most common candidates for an Elevation Certificate.
It is a FEMA form prepared by a surveyor documenting a building’s floor elevations against the Base Flood Elevation for insurance and floodplain purposes.
Yes, Buffalo Grove extends into Cook County, but Lake County parcels are recorded through the Lake County recording office.
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