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Sheridan sits in the northeastern corner of LaSalle County near the Fox River, which threads through this part of the county on its way to the Illinois. Property close to the Fox or its low tributaries can lie within a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, and an Elevation Certificate is how an owner documents a building’s height against the Base Flood Elevation. It is the reference insurers and floodplain officials rely on.
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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Sheridan, a village of about 2,431 in the Mission Township area, lies near the Fox River corridor in northeastern LaSalle County, where the mapped floodplain follows the river and its feeder streams. A licensed Illinois surveyor prepares the FEMA Elevation Certificate by measuring the lowest floor against the Base Flood Elevation, giving insurers a sound rating basis and giving the floodplain administrator the data to review a permit. A certificate confirming the building above the Base Flood Elevation can support a Letter of Map Amendment to FEMA. Recording for Sheridan parcels runs through the LaSalle County Recorder of Deeds at the county seat in Ottawa. Properties set back from the Fox generally see reduced flood exposure.
Sheridan lies near the Fox River in northeastern LaSalle County, and mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas here follow that river and its tributaries.
If a parcel is clearly outside a mapped Special Flood Hazard Area, a certificate is often unnecessary, though owners sometimes obtain one to answer a lender or insurer question.
Yes, the same surveyed Elevation Certificate serves flood insurance rating and local floodplain permit review, and can also support a Letter of Map Amendment.
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