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Riverside was famously planned around the Des Plaines River, which winds through the village and gives it defining but real flood exposure along its banks and floodplain. For riverside and low-lying parcels, a FEMA Elevation Certificate is essential, 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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Riverside is a historic planned village of about 9,300 residents, coextensive with Riverside Township, built around the Des Plaines River in western Cook County. The river, part of the drainage system managed by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), creates Special Flood Hazard Areas along its winding corridor through the community. Because the village’s very design centers on the river, properties near the water carry pronounced flood exposure, while higher-ground areas sit at lower risk. Affected owners turn to the certificate for the surveyed elevations an insurer needs, for confirmation of compliance with Riverside’s floodplain-permit requirements, and for the survey basis of a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) when a structure is documented above the Base Flood Elevation.
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The river winds through the village, so properties near its corridor face genuine mapped flood exposure, while higher-ground areas carry less.
Proximity to the Des Plaines River usually places a property in a mapped Special Flood Hazard Area, and the certificate provides the elevation data required for insurance and permitting.
The certificate supplies the surveyed elevations FEMA reviews in a LOMA to decide whether a structure sits above the Base Flood Elevation and can be removed from the zone.
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