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Island Lake is centered on its namesake lake in the Fox River watershed, straddling the Lake and McHenry county line. Low-lying parcels around the lake and channels can fall within FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas where an Elevation Certificate 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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Island Lake has about 8,051 residents in Wauconda Township, part of Lake County (the village extends into McHenry County), whose seat is Waukegan. The lake and Fox River watershed create mapped floodplain, and a licensed surveyor’s Elevation Certificate ties a building’s lowest-floor elevation to the Base Flood Elevation. That record enables accurate flood-insurance rating, supports floodplain-development permits, and can back a Letter of Map Amendment. For the Lake County portion of Island Lake, documents are recorded through the Recording Division of the Lake County Clerk’s Office.
Parcels near the lake’s shoreline and connected channels can fall within mapped flood hazard areas, where an Elevation Certificate documents building elevations for insurance and permits.
Yes, the village extends into McHenry County, but Lake County parcels are recorded through the Lake County recording office.
It is the elevation floodwater is expected to reach in the 1%-annual-chance flood, which the certificate compares to your building’s floor.
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