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Essex sits in the far northwestern corner of Kankakee County, on the prairie farmland at the county’s edge. It lies well away from the Kankakee River corridor, so its flood exposure is generally tied to local drainage. 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 Essex, with roughly 841 residents in the Essex Township area, occupies higher northwestern 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 Essex parcels are recorded by the Kankakee County Recorder of Deeds at the county seat in Kankakee. On elevated edge-of-county farmland, Essex rarely encounters mapped flood areas beyond a drainage line or two.
Essex sits on prairie farmland in northwestern Kankakee County away from the Kankakee River, so its flood exposure is generally limited to local drainage.
It is the lowest enclosed floor of the building, including a basement or lowest slab, which the surveyor measures as a key elevation on the certificate.
It remains useful until the flood map is revised, the building is altered, or an insurer or lender requests updated documentation.
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