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Cedar Point is a small village in central LaSalle County, set on higher prairie ground south of the Illinois River valley. It lies away from the major river floodplains that shape much of the county’s flood mapping. 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 Cedar Point, home to about 266 residents in Eden Township, sits on relatively high central LaSalle County ground rather than a riverbank, so its flood exposure is generally tied to local drainage rather than a major river. 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 Cedar Point parcels are recorded by the LaSalle County Recorder of Deeds in Ottawa. On its elevated central-county perch, Cedar Point rarely encounters mapped flood zones outside a few drainage lines.
Cedar Point sits on higher central-county ground away from the Illinois River, so its flood exposure is generally limited to local drainage.
They are surveyed to professional standards by a licensed surveyor using established vertical control, which is what gives the certificate its reliability for insurers and FEMA.
Because insurance pricing, permit compliance, and map-amendment decisions all hinge on whether the lowest floor sits above or below that mapped flood height.
Pi Surveying provides the full range of land surveying services for Cedar Point property owners and builders:
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