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Greenwood is a very small community in north-central McHenry County set in rural land near Nippersink Creek in the Fox River watershed. Its FEMA flood exposure is limited and localized to that creek corridor. Nearly all parcels sit on higher ground, and a surveyed elevation resolves any question near low ground.
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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Greenwood, with a population of about 324, sits in Greenwood Township within McHenry County. Nippersink Creek and small tributaries drain the area toward the Fox River, and FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas here are limited to those minor corridors, with county preliminary FIRMs released in 2024. In the case a building is near mapped floodplain, a FEMA Elevation Certificate completed by a licensed surveyor compares its lowest floor to the Base Flood Elevation, which insurers use to rate flood coverage, the community uses for permit review, and owners use to pursue a Letter of Map Amendment. Deeds for Greenwood parcels are recorded with the McHenry County Recorder in the county seat of Woodstock.
Greenwood’s flood exposure is limited to the Nippersink Creek corridor; nearly all parcels sit on higher ground outside the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area.
A licensed Illinois professional land surveyor measures and certifies the building’s elevations on FEMA’s Elevation Certificate form.
It gives your insurer the certified elevation data needed to rate a flood policy based on how your lowest floor compares to the Base Flood Elevation.
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