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Kankakee lines the Kankakee River, the waterway that gives the city and county their name and defines much of the local flood picture. Property near the river can fall within a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, where a surveyed Elevation Certificate ties a building’s height to the Base Flood Elevation. As the county seat, the city sees frequent floodplain permitting along its riverfront.
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 city of Kankakee, with about 24,052 residents and the seat of Kankakee County, sits directly on the Kankakee River, which carries the mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas of greatest concern to local owners. A FEMA Elevation Certificate completed by a licensed Illinois surveyor records the lowest floor against the Base Flood Elevation, letting an insurer rate a flood policy from measured data and giving the floodplain administrator what is needed for a riverside permit. Where the survey shows the building above the Base Flood Elevation, that certificate supports a Letter of Map Amendment to FEMA. Deeds for Kankakee parcels are recorded by the Kankakee County Recorder of Deeds in the city. Owners set back on the bluffs above the river valley generally face lower exposure.
Kankakee sits directly on the Kankakee River, and FEMA maps Special Flood Hazard Areas along that river corridor where the ground is low.
It gives the insurer a surveyed lowest-floor elevation relative to the Base Flood Elevation, which is used to rate the policy accurately instead of relying on a default estimate.
Deeds and related instruments for Kankakee parcels are recorded with the Kankakee County Recorder of Deeds, located in the county seat of Kankakee.
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