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Wellington is a small village in central Iroquois County, set on the prairie farmland in the Iroquois River watershed. Local drainage rather than the main river shapes its modest flood exposure. 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 Wellington, with about 208 residents in Lovejoy Township, occupies central Iroquois County farmland rather than the Iroquois River bottomland, so its flood concerns focus 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 Wellington parcels are recorded through the Iroquois County Recorder of Deeds in Watseka. Set on central-county prairie, Wellington sees flood mapping only near its scattered drainageways.
Wellington sits on central Iroquois County farmland away from the main Iroquois River, so its flood exposure is generally limited to local drainage.
The first step is having a licensed surveyor visit the property to measure the building’s elevations and reference the applicable FEMA flood map data.
If it shows the lowest floor above the Base Flood Elevation, it provides the evidence FEMA needs to consider a Letter of Map Amendment for the parcel.
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