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Orland Park spans several townships in southwest Cook County, where tributaries feeding the Calumet drainage and local creeks create pockets of mapped floodplain among the village’s newer development. A FEMA Elevation Certificate records how a building’s lowest floor compares to the Base Flood Elevation, the measurement that drives flood-insurance rating and permit compliance.
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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Orland Park is a large southwest suburb of roughly 58,700 residents, straddling Orland, Bremen and Palos townships in Cook County. Its stormwater drains toward the Calumet River system, which the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) manages across the county. Because much of the village is comparatively high, flood exposure concentrates along creek corridors and detention areas rather than across all subdivisions. Within a Special Flood Hazard Area, the certificate delivers the elevation data an insurer uses to set premiums, satisfies Orland Park’s floodplain-permit requirements for building work, and builds the technical case for a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) to remove an eligible structure from the mapped zone.
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No. It is generally required only for federally backed mortgages on structures inside a Special Flood Hazard Area. An Elevation Certificate helps confirm whether your building truly sits in a mapped zone.
The surveyor gathers your building’s lowest floor and reference elevations on site, ties them to a vertical datum, and pairs them with the FEMA flood data for your location to complete the form.
Yes. Even recently developed areas can include mapped floodplain near creeks and stormwater basins, which is exactly where an Elevation Certificate becomes relevant.
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