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Cary sits along the Fox River in southeastern McHenry County, so its riverfront and low-lying parcels carry FEMA flood exposure. Much of the village rises onto higher glacial terrain away from the river. Because the mapped floodplain follows the Fox, a surveyed elevation is the dependable way to place a lot.
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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Cary, with roughly 17,826 residents, is centered in Algonquin Township with reach into Nunda Township, within McHenry County. The Fox River runs along the village, and FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas follow that corridor, with county preliminary FIRMs released in 2024. A FEMA Elevation Certificate, prepared by a licensed Illinois surveyor, documents a building’s lowest floor against the Base Flood Elevation, giving insurers a basis to rate flood coverage, the village a way to confirm floodplain-permit compliance, and owners the evidence for a Letter of Map Amendment. Deeds for Cary parcels are recorded with the McHenry County Recorder in the county seat of Woodstock.
Riverfront and low-lying parcels in Cary sit within the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area along the Fox River, so those properties carry flood exposure.
It contains the certified elevations of your building’s lowest floor and reference points, the flood zone, and the Base Flood Elevation, on FEMA’s standardized form.
If it shows your lowest floor above the Base Flood Elevation, that measurement can support a lower rate and possibly a Letter of Map Amendment.
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