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Morton Grove is crossed by the North Branch of the Chicago River, giving parts of the village genuine riverine flood exposure along the channel and its floodplain. An Elevation Certificate documents where a building’s lowest floor sits relative to the Base Flood Elevation, which insurers and the village rely on for rating and permits.
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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A village of about 25,300 residents in Niles and Maine townships, Morton Grove sits in northern Cook County astride the North Branch of the Chicago River. That river, part of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) drainage system, creates Special Flood Hazard Areas along its corridor through the community. Properties near the channel carry the clearest exposure, while higher-ground neighborhoods sit outside the highest-risk zones. For a structure in the mapped floodplain, the certificate gives insurers the surveyed elevations to rate coverage, confirms compliance with Morton Grove’s floodplain permits, and supplies the survey evidence for a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) once a building is documented above the flood elevation.
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Yes, near the North Branch of the Chicago River, where the channel and its floodplain create mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas. Away from the river, exposure is more limited.
The main step is a site visit where the surveyor measures your building’s elevations; you provide access and any existing plans, and the surveyor handles the FEMA data and certification.
If the survey shows your lowest floor sits above the Base Flood Elevation, that data supports a LOMA application to FEMA to amend the map for your structure.
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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.