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Gilman sits in western Iroquois County on the prairie farmland, set away from the Iroquois River that shapes flooding elsewhere in the county. Its flood exposure is generally modest and connected to local drainage. Where a parcel falls within a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, an Elevation Certificate documents how a building relates to 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 city of Gilman, home to about 1,738 residents in Douglas Township, occupies western Iroquois County farmland rather than the Iroquois River bottomland, so its flood concerns center 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 support a Letter of Map Amendment. Deeds for Gilman parcels are recorded by the Iroquois County Recorder of Deeds at the county seat in Watseka. Away from its western-county drainage lines, most Gilman parcels sit outside mapped flood areas.
Gilman sits in western Iroquois County away from the Iroquois River, so its flood exposure is generally tied to local drainage rather than the river.
It gives the insurer the surveyed lowest-floor elevation relative to the Base Flood Elevation, which is used to rate a flood insurance policy.
It does not expire on its own, but a new one may be needed after a flood-map revision, a building alteration, or an insurer or lender request.
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