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Thawville is a small village in southwestern Iroquois County, set on the prairie farmland well away from the Iroquois River. Its flood exposure is generally modest and tied to local drainage. Where a parcel falls within a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, an Elevation Certificate documents how a building relates to 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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The village of Thawville, home to about 215 residents in Pigeon Grove Township, occupies southwestern Iroquois County farmland rather than the Iroquois River bottomland, so its flood concerns center on smaller drainageways. When a parcel is mapped into a Special Flood Hazard Area, a FEMA Elevation Certificate from a licensed Illinois surveyor records the lowest floor against the Base Flood Elevation, which insurers use for rating and the floodplain administrator uses for permit review. A certificate showing the structure above the Base Flood Elevation can support a Letter of Map Amendment. Deeds for Thawville parcels are recorded by the Iroquois County Recorder of Deeds at the county seat in Watseka. On level southwestern farmland, Thawville rarely encounters mapped flood areas outside a drainage line.
Thawville sits on southwestern Iroquois County prairie away from the Iroquois River, so its flood exposure is generally limited to local drainage.
It is usually requested when a parcel is mapped into a Special Flood Hazard Area and a buyer, lender, or insurer needs to confirm the building’s elevation.
It compares the building’s surveyed lowest floor to the Base Flood Elevation shown on the FEMA flood map for the parcel.
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