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Hinckley is a village in southern DeKalb County, in Squaw Grove Township, set on relatively level farmland away from the county’s main Kishwaukee River channels. Flood exposure is generally limited, though low-lying or creek-adjacent parcels can still fall within a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. A FEMA Elevation Certificate documents 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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Hinckley is home to roughly 2,006 residents in Squaw Grove Township, in the southern part of DeKalb County. Because it lies away from the county’s principal Kishwaukee River corridor, mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas here are limited and typically tied to specific creeks or low ground rather than being widespread. 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 a policy and the county the information for floodplain permit review. That documented elevation can also support a Letter of Map Amendment if the structure is above the flood level. DeKalb County recording for Hinckley is handled by the DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder in Sycamore.
Broadly, no. Hinckley sits away from DeKalb County’s main Kishwaukee River channels, so mapped flood risk is limited and usually confined to specific low-lying or creek-adjacent parcels.
The need is usually triggered by a lender or insurer identifying a building inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, by floodplain construction permitting, or by a request for a Letter of Map Amendment.
If the survey shows the lowest floor sits above the Base Flood Elevation, the Elevation Certificate can support a Letter of Map Amendment asking FEMA to remove the structure from the mapped Special Flood Hazard Area.
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