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Stickney sits in Stickney Township along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and near the Des Plaines River in southwest Cook County, an area with canal-adjacent and riverine flood exposure. A FEMA Elevation Certificate documents a building’s floor elevation against the Base Flood Elevation for insurance and floodplain 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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The village of Stickney, about 7,100 residents and coextensive with Stickney Township, lies in southwest Cook County near the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Des Plaines River. These waterways, part of the drainage system managed by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), create Special Flood Hazard Areas through the low-lying parts of the village. Properties near the canal and river corridor carry the clearest exposure, while higher-ground areas sit at lower risk. Affected owners use the certificate for the surveyed elevations an insurer needs, for confirmation of compliance with Stickney’s floodplain-permit process, and as the survey basis for a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) once a structure is documented above the Base Flood Elevation.
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The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the nearby Des Plaines River create mapped floodplain in the low-lying parts of the village; higher-ground areas carry less.
Yes. The FEMA form and its purpose are the same; any structure in a mapped flood zone uses it to rate insurance and document floodplain-permit compliance.
The surveyor reads it from the effective FEMA flood data for your parcel and records it on the certificate alongside your building’s measured elevations.
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