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Oswego straddles the Fox River in northern Kendall County, placing much of the community within reach of the river corridor that carries the county’s most significant FEMA floodplain mapping. Riverfront and low-lying parcels can fall inside a Special Flood Hazard Area, where a building’s elevation against the Base Flood Elevation governs insurance and permits. A FEMA Elevation Certificate is the surveyed record of that 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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Oswego is the largest community in Kendall County, with a population of about 34,585, set mainly in Oswego Township with a small portion in Will County. The Fox River runs through the village, so riverfront and low-lying lots here are among the most likely in the county to be mapped into a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. A licensed surveyor completes the Elevation Certificate by measuring the lowest floor, mechanical equipment, and grade against the Base Flood Elevation, producing the FEMA form insurers use to rate coverage and the county uses in floodplain permitting. If the certificate shows a structure above the flood level, it can support a Letter of Map Amendment. Kendall County survey documents are recorded through the Kendall County Clerk & Recorder in the county seat of Yorkville.
Riverfront and low-lying parcels along the Fox River corridor are the most likely in Oswego to fall within a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area and to require an Elevation Certificate for insurance or permitting.
They are recorded through the Kendall County Clerk & Recorder, located in the county seat of Yorkville rather than in Oswego itself.
It can. The certificate documents how high the lowest floor sits relative to the Base Flood Elevation, and a building elevated above the flood level is generally rated at lower risk, which may lower the premium.
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