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Grant Park sits in the northeastern corner of Kankakee County, on the prairie farmland away from the Kankakee River corridor. Its flood exposure is generally modest and tied to local drainage rather than a major river. 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 Grant Park, with roughly 1,294 residents in Yellowhead Township, occupies higher northeastern 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 Grant Park parcels are recorded by the Kankakee County Recorder of Deeds at the county seat in Kankakee. On the flat northeastern prairie, Grant Park’s lots generally fall outside mapped flood areas.
Grant Park sits on prairie farmland in northeastern Kankakee County away from the river, so its flood exposure is generally limited to local drainage.
It is the area FEMA maps as having at least a one-percent annual chance of flooding, where the certificate’s elevation data becomes most relevant.
Yes, lenders often accept a current Elevation Certificate as documentation of the building’s elevation relative to the Base Flood Elevation when reviewing flood insurance requirements.
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