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Waterman is a village in southern DeKalb County, in Clinton Township, sitting on level agricultural land away from the county’s principal Kishwaukee River channels. Flood exposure is generally modest, though certain low-lying or drainage-adjacent parcels can still be mapped into a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. A FEMA Elevation Certificate records how a building sits 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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Waterman has a population of about 1,433 in Clinton Township, in the southern portion of DeKalb County. Because it lies away from a major river corridor, its FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas are limited and tend to follow specific creeks or low-lying ground rather than the village as a whole. For a parcel that does fall inside a mapped flood zone, a licensed surveyor prepares the Elevation Certificate by measuring the lowest floor and grade against the Base Flood Elevation, giving insurers the basis to rate coverage and the county the data for floodplain permit review. If the structure is documented above the flood level, the certificate can support a Letter of Map Amendment. DeKalb County recording for Waterman is handled by the DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder in Sycamore.
For most of the village, no. Waterman sits on level ground away from DeKalb County’s main river channels, so mapped flood risk is limited to specific low-lying or creek-adjacent parcels.
A flood zone is the FEMA-mapped area of flood risk; an Elevation Certificate is the surveyor’s document reporting a specific building’s elevation against the Base Flood Elevation within or near that zone.
DeKalb County survey documents, including Elevation Certificates and plats, are recorded through the DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder in the county seat of Sycamore.
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