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Gardner is a village in southern Grundy County, in Greenfield Township, set on level farmland away from the Illinois River and its main floodplain to the north. Flood exposure is generally limited, though low-lying or drainage-adjacent parcels can still fall within a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. A FEMA Elevation Certificate records a building’s elevation against the Base Flood Elevation where mapping applies.
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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Gardner has a population of about 1,449 in Greenfield Township, in southern Grundy County. Because it lies well south of the Illinois River corridor that carries the county’s most significant flood mapping, mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas here are limited and typically tied to specific low-lying drainage. For any parcel that does fall inside a FEMA flood zone, a licensed surveyor completes the Elevation Certificate by measuring the lowest-floor and grade elevations against the Base Flood Elevation, giving insurers the basis to rate coverage and the county the data for floodplain permit review. Where a building is above the flood level, the certificate can support a Letter of Map Amendment. Grundy County recording for Gardner is handled by the Grundy County Recorder’s Office in the seat at Morris.
Broadly, no. Gardner sits well south of the Illinois River in Grundy County, so mapped flood risk is limited and generally confined to specific low-lying or drainage-adjacent parcels.
A licensed Illinois professional land surveyor completes it, measuring the required building and site elevations and certifying them on the official FEMA Elevation Certificate form.
It is the height that floodwaters are expected to reach during a one-percent-annual-chance flood; the Elevation Certificate compares your building’s floor elevation to that height.
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