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Gurnee sits astride the Des Plaines River, which has a well-documented history of significant flooding through the village. Properties within the Des Plaines River FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area are among the most common candidates for an Elevation Certificate in Lake County.
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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Gurnee is home to roughly 30,706 residents in Warren Township (also Avon and Newport townships), part of Lake County, seated at Waukegan. The Des Plaines River runs through the community and creates a broad mapped floodplain, so a surveyor’s Elevation Certificate documents a building’s lowest-floor elevation against the Base Flood Elevation. That record supports accurate flood-insurance rating, floodplain-development permit compliance, and a Letter of Map Amendment. Gurnee records tied to the Des Plaines River corridor are entered through the Recording Division of the Lake County Clerk’s Office.
The Des Plaines River has caused major flooding in Gurnee historically, so properties within its mapped flood hazard area frequently rely on an Elevation Certificate for insurance and permitting.
Common triggers include buying or refinancing a floodplain property, applying for a floodplain-development permit, or seeking to lower flood-insurance costs.
If it shows the structure sits above the Base Flood Elevation, the certificate can support a Letter of Map Amendment.
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