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Essex is a small village on the western edge of Kankakee County, straddling the line toward Grundy County in open farm country. Topographic surveys here mainly serve rural site design, residential projects and drainage planning on flat agricultural land and village lots. Precise contour mapping is what makes grading and stormwater work where the terrain barely slopes.
A topographic survey maps the elevations, contours and natural and man-made features of a site — grades, structures, utilities, trees and drainage — giving architects and engineers the data they need to design accurately and secure permits.
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The village of Essex, with about 840 residents, sits in Essex Township on the western edge of Kankakee County, with part of the community extending toward Grundy County. The area drains toward the Kankakee River watershed, and on this level farmland the detailed elevation information from a topographic survey is essential for drainage design. For the Kankakee County portion, records are filed with the Kankakee County Recorder of Deeds in Kankakee, the county seat. For new construction, additions or agricultural and site grading, a topographic survey documenting existing grades, features and drainage gives engineers the accurate base they need to plan how water moves across and off the property.
Parcels on the Kankakee County side of Essex are recorded with the Kankakee County Recorder of Deeds in Kankakee, while land across the line falls under Grundy County. A survey can help confirm which side your parcel is on.
On the flat farmland around Essex, small elevation differences drive drainage, so a topographic survey’s detailed contours are important for planning grading and stormwater.
It records existing elevations, contours, structures, utilities and drainage in CAD, giving your engineer the base needed for site design, grading and permitting.
Pi Surveying provides the full range of land surveying services for Essex property owners and builders:
We also serve nearby Kankakee County communities:
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Pi Surveying, located in Oak Brook, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, is a professional land surveying design firm that provides land surveys for both the private and commercial sector.