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Maywood sits directly on the Des Plaines River in Proviso Township, giving the village real riverine flood exposure along its western edge and into adjacent low-lying blocks. For those properties, a FEMA Elevation Certificate is central, documenting a building’s floor elevation against the Base Flood Elevation.
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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Maywood is a west-suburban village of about 23,500 residents, coextensive with Proviso Township activity along the Des Plaines River in Cook County. The river, part of the drainage system managed by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), creates mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas through the parts of the village nearest its banks. Because the Des Plaines runs along Maywood, riverfront and low-lying properties face more pronounced flood exposure than higher-ground areas farther east. Affected owners turn to the certificate for the surveyed elevations an insurer needs, for confirmation of compliance with Maywood’s floodplain-permit process, and for the survey evidence behind a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) when a structure is documented above the Base Flood Elevation.
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The Des Plaines River runs along the village’s western side, creating mapped floodplain in the blocks nearest the river; higher-ground areas carry less exposure.
Provide access to the building, including the lowest floor and any crawlspace or basement, along with any existing plans; the surveyor gathers the elevation measurements from there.
It gives the insurer the exact height of your lowest floor relative to the Base Flood Elevation, which is the key figure used to price a flood policy.
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Pi Surveying, located in Oak Brook, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, is a professional land surveying design firm that provides land surveys for both the private and commercial sector.