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Wonder Lake is built around a large man-made lake in central McHenry County, formed by damming Nippersink Creek in the Fox River watershed, so shoreline and low-lying parcels carry FEMA flood exposure. Higher lots around the lake face less. A surveyed elevation is what distinguishes a low waterside parcel from one above the flood level.
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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Wonder Lake, population near 3,973, is served by Greenwood Township with reach into McHenry and Hartland townships. The lake and Nippersink Creek drain toward the Fox River, and FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas here follow the lake margins and creek corridor, with county preliminary FIRMs released in 2024. A FEMA Elevation Certificate, completed by a licensed Illinois surveyor, documents a building’s lowest floor against the Base Flood Elevation so insurers can rate flood coverage, the village can confirm floodplain-permit compliance, and owners can pursue a Letter of Map Amendment. Deeds for Wonder Lake parcels are recorded with the McHenry County Recorder in the county seat of Woodstock.
Low-lying parcels near the lake and Nippersink Creek in Wonder Lake fall within FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, so those properties carry flood exposure.
It documents how the home’s lowest floor compares to the Base Flood Elevation, which insurers use to rate coverage and which can support a map amendment.
A licensed Illinois professional land surveyor measures the building’s elevations and certifies FEMA’s form.
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