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Cissna Park sits in southern Iroquois County near Fountain Creek, on the prairie in the Iroquois River watershed. Local creek channels can carry flood risk to nearby low ground, though the village lies away from the main river. An Elevation Certificate documents how a building relates to the Base Flood Elevation for insurance 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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The village of Cissna Park, home to about 817 residents in Fountain Creek Township, occupies southern Iroquois County prairie in the Iroquois River watershed, where local creeks shape the mapped floodplain more than the main 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 Cissna Park parcels are recorded by the Iroquois County Recorder of Deeds at the county seat in Watseka. Beyond the low ground near Fountain Creek, most Cissna Park lots sit outside mapped flood zones.
Cissna Park lies in the Fountain Creek area of the Iroquois River watershed, where local creek channels can carry flood risk to nearby low ground.
It is the lowest enclosed floor of the building, including a basement or lowest slab, which the surveyor measures as a key elevation against the Base Flood Elevation.
It is generally needed only when building or improving within a mapped Special Flood Hazard Area, where the floodplain administrator requires elevation data.
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